Virginia Bus Crash Driver Indicted on Additional Charges
A bus driver from Staten Island, New York, was indicted on Monday on three new counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of reckless driving after the chain‑reaction crash on Interstate‑95 that killed five people and left dozens injured.
Jing Sheng Dong, 48, was first charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter following the incident on Friday morning. The grand jury expanded the charges, adding a total of five involuntary‑manslaughter counts and a reckless‑driving citation, according to a statement from the Stafford County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.
Investigators said Dong was operating a motorcoach traveling from New York to North Carolina when he struck a line of vehicles that had slowed down in a work zone. The crash claimed the lives of a family of four from Greenfield, Massachusetts—who were traveling to a wedding—as well as a 25‑year‑old woman from Worcester, Massachusetts.
The driver remained hospitalized on Monday. In prior months, Dong was accused of speeding in Colonial Heights, Virginia, in November 2024 and in Annapolis, Maryland, in March. In the Annapolis case, he allegedly drove a motorcoach 72 mph in a 50 mph zone.
In the Virginia case, Dong had driven 73 mph in a 55 mph zone and was fined $219 in court costs. He also faces a pending trespassing case in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, where he was accused of trespassing in July.
The bus operated by E&P Travel Inc., based in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, a board member confirmed. Court records showed the driver had no attorney listed, and no lawyer responded to requests for comment.
Prosecutor Eric Olsen said Dong will be transported to jail upon his release from the hospital, and the case will proceed to trial.
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