E&P Travel Bus Fails To Slow, Strikes Six Vehicles On I-95 In Stafford County

A bus operated by E&P Travel struck six vehicles on Interstate 95 south in Stafford County, Virginia, near Quantico, killing five people and injuring dozens early Friday at about 2:35 a.m. as traffic slowed for an upcoming work zone.

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Virginia State Police said the preliminary investigation found that “traffic was slowing southbound for an upcoming work zone,” and that “A bus failed to slow for traffic and struck six vehicles.”

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The crash killed a 45-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman, a 13-year-old female, and a 7-year-old male, all from Greenfield, Massachusetts, and also killed a 25-year-old female from Worcester, Massachusetts.

Authorities said 44 people were taken to hospitals, including three with critical injuries, and Peyton Vogel, a Federal Transit Administration spokesperson who was on the scene, said, “We’ve got patients in multiple hospitals. We’ve got the driver at a hospital here.”

Survivors described chaos inside the bus after it hit slowing traffic, with Rhonda Wright telling the Richmond Times-Dispatch outside the hospital that “The bus was still going, still hitting cars.”

Wright said she felt trapped because “there was no way to stop the bus,” and she later said, “I’m 64 years old, and I thought I was going to die,” while also adding, “I’m just glad I’m alive today.”

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State police identified the bus driver as Jing S. Dong, 48, of Staten Island, New York, and said charges are pending while investigators look into the driver’s actions prior to the crash.

The National Transportation Safety Board posted online that it was sending a “go-team” to conduct a safety investigation into the crash and would have a spokesperson at the scene, as the southbound lanes reopened by noon but traffic remained backed up for a couple of miles.

The crash remains under investigation and charges are pending against Jing S. Dong, with Virginia State Police saying it was looking into “the bus driver's actions prior to the crash.”

“13-year-old, 7-year-old among 5 killed in massive crash on I-95 in Virginia: Police Forty-four people were hospitalized, including three with critical injuries”

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The NTSB said it was sending a “go-team” to conduct a safety investigation, while the U.S. Department of Transportation said it was assisting with the crash investigation and reviewing Dong’s training documentation, driver history and New York licensing records.

Mary Washington Healthcare said it received 19 patients from the crash, including seven taken to its trauma center in Fredericksburg where four were being discharged and three remained in treatment, and twelve taken to its hospital in Stafford where they were later discharged in good condition.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger said in a statement, “My heart is with the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives, and I am praying for a quick recovery for those injured,” as authorities continued coordinating care across multiple hospitals.