NEW THIS MORNING
The bus that crashed along Interstate 95 in Dumfries this morning, causing massive delays from Prince William Count south to Stafford County, was headed to Fort Belvoir.
Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said a car swerved into the travel lane of the bus, and the bus driver then swerved to avoid the car and hit the guardrail and then crashing into the three-foot deep ditch.
The driver was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash, and all eight occupants (not 15 as was originally reported by state police) suffered minor injuries. No one was taken to a hospital, Geller added.
The driver that swerved into the path of the bus continued traveling north and has not been found.
The bus is owned by Fredericksburg-based LW Transportation, a company that offers charter bus services.
The accident was cleared from the roadway by 7 a.m.
ORIGINAL POST 7 A.M.
DUMFRIES, Va. — A crash of a commuter bus on Interstate 95 north has snarled traffic in the Potomac Communities.
The Virginia Department of Transportation reports the crash in the right lane and shoulder of I-95 just past exit 150, at Triangle / Quantico and the National Museum of the Marine Corps.
Traffic is backed up for more than eight miles into the Stafford County, according to VDOT.
According to Virginia State Police, only minor injuries were suffered during the crash as the commuter bus, heading north on I-95, hit a guardrail and came to rest in a ditch about 5:20 a.m. There were 15 passengers onboard the bus.
Traffic is getting by the crash in the center and left lanes, added police.
