Chinese bus driver charged in crash that killed 5 in Virginia, including family of 4

A multi-vehicle crash in Virginia resulted in five fatalities, including a family of four from Massachusetts. The family, Dmitri and Ecaterina Doncev and their two children Emily and Mark, were traveling to a wedding when the incident occurred. The bus driver, Jing S. Dong, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the crash. The wedding the family was en route to will proceed in South Carolina, but will also serve as a time for mourning their loss.

The driver of a motor coach bus, Jing S Dong, 48, has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter following a crash in Stafford County, Virginia, early Friday morning. The accident killed five people and injured over 40 others when the bus, traveling from New York City to Charlotte, North Carolina, failed to slow for a work zone on Interstate 95. Investigators are examining speed, fatigue, and language proficiency as potential factors, noting the driver does not speak English. Among the deceased was a family of four from Massachusetts en route to a wedding. The National Transportation Safety Board is also conducting a federal investigation into the wreck.

A family of four from Massachusetts, the Doncevs, were among five fatalities in a bus crash on Interstate 95 in Stafford County, Virginia, on Friday. They were traveling to a family wedding in South Carolina, with the mother having prepared desserts for the celebration. The motorcoach crashed into vehicles slowed for a work zone, also killing a 25-year-old woman from Worcester, Massachusetts. The Doncev family, who emigrated from Moldova in 2008, were residents of Greenfield, Massachusetts. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash, which involved a bus operated by E&P Travel Inc.