A bus driver has been charged with involuntary manslaughter following a pre-dawn chain-reaction crash on Interstate 95 in Stafford County that killed five people, including a family of four, and injured dozens more.
The crash occurred around 2:35 a.m. Friday, May 29, on southbound I-95 at mile marker 146 near an active work zone. Virginia State Police said traffic had slowed and was diverted into the single open left lane due to the closure of the right and center lanes. An E&P Travel motor coach traveling from New York City to Charlotte, N.C., with approximately 34 passengers, failed to slow for the traffic queue and struck the rear of a Chevrolet Suburban. That impact pushed the Suburban into an Acura SUV and triggered collisions involving at least seven vehicles total.