{"id":1964374,"date":"2026-05-31T00:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T21:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1964374"},"modified":"2026-05-31T00:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T21:56:15","slug":"bus-driver-in-deadly-virginia-crash-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1964374","title":{"rendered":"Bus driver in deadly Virginia crash charged with involuntary manslaughter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The bus driver blamed for the deadly accident on a Virginia interstate that killed at least five people and injured dozens more has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, Virginia State Police said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Driver Jing S Dong, who also suffered injuries from the crash, was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, with additional charges pending, police said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The incident on Friday morning began when Dong “failed to slow for traffic” on Interstate 95 and hit a Chevrolet Suburban that plowed into other cars, igniting one on fire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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There is enough evidence to suggest that Dong was driving in a “criminally negligent manner”, Virginia prosecutor Eric Olsen said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The investigation is ongoing, Olsen said, but evidence gathered so far shows the tour bus was traveling “at a high rate of speed” when it struck multiple vehicles driving slow through a work zone. The result was “a chain reaction crash” involving at least eight vehicles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dong was arrested on Saturday by the Virginia State Police and served with felony warrants in the hospital, Olsen said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Each count of involuntary manslaughter carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Five people died in the accident, including a 44-year-old female, a 13-year-old female, and a seven-year-old male. They were in a car that caught fire and had been on their way to a wedding in South Carolina, according to CBS, the BBC’s US news partner. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They were identified to CBS News Boston as a family from Greenfield, Massachusetts – Dmitri Doncev, his wife, Ecaterina, their daughter Emily and son Mark.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The fifth victim, 25-year-old Priscilla Mafalda, was in the Suburban that was initially struck by the bus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The bus was operated by E&P Travel and heading to North Carolina from New York.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Roughly 44 people were sent to area hospitals after the collision, three with critical injuries, police said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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