Fatal Virginia Crash Raises Questions About Bus Safety and the Records of the Driver and Company
Family and friends remember the four victims as a bus safety review continues after the crash.
- On Friday, May 29, 2026, a commercial bus crash on Interstate 95 near Quantico, Virginia, killed five people, including the Doncev family of Greenfield, Massachusetts.
- Bus driver Jing Sheng Dong, 48, of Staten Island, New York, faces five charges of involuntary manslaughter and one count of reckless driving following prior speeding convictions in Virginia in 2024 and Maryland in March.
- Fred Ferguson, head of the American Bus Association, said safety is 'good business,' yet National Transportation Safety Board recommendations for collision-avoidance technology remain pending despite longstanding NTSB advocacy.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said federal investigators are reviewing Dong's background, the training school, and E&P Travel, the company that employed him, to verify if New York followed licensing rules.
- Records show another E&P Travel driver was involved in a 2024 North Carolina crash that injured nine people after the bus failed to slow down for a traffic control vehicle.
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Fatal Virginia crash raises questions about bus safety and the records of the driver and company
A commercial bus crash in Virginia that killed five people and injured dozens of others has raised questions about the driver, the company that employed him and the overall safety
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