Charter bus driver who allegedly caused crash killing 5 in Virginia charged with involuntary manslaughter A charter bus driver has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after allegedly causing a fatal crash in Virginia that killed five people. The driver, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen from China and does not speak English, failed to slow for traffic and struck an SUV, leading to a chain reaction collision. Federal officials are investigating the driver’s qualifications and the licensing and training processes involved.

• A charter bus driver, Jing S. Dong, has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter after a fatal crash in Stafford County, Virginia.
• The crash occurred when Dong allegedly failed to slow for traffic on I-95 and struck an SUV, causing a multi-vehicle collision that resulted in five deaths.
• The victims include a family of four from Greenfield, Massachusetts (Dmitri and Ecterina Doncev, their daughter Emily, and son Mark) and Priscilla R. Mafalda of Worcester, Massachusetts.
• Dong, a non-English-speaking naturalized citizen from China, obtained his commercial license in 2024.
• U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stated that the driver not speaking English violates federal regulations and announced an investigation into New York licensing records, training documentation, and the driver’s history.