Five killed, dozens injured in Virginia I-95 bus crash

A multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in Virginia early Friday morning has left five people dead and dozens injured after a bus struck slowed traffic in a highway work zone. The incident occurred around 2:35 a.m. in the southbound lanes in Stafford County, near Quantico.

Virginia State Police said preliminary information indicates traffic was slowing for a construction zone when the bus failed to reduce speed. The bus struck multiple vehicles, triggering a chain-reaction collision. Authorities confirmed the crash involved the bus and six other vehicles.

All five people killed were occupants of the vehicles struck by the bus. Police identified four of the victims as a 45-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman, a 13-year-old girl, and a 7-year-old boy, all from Greenfield, Massachusetts. A fifth victim, a 25-year-old woman from Worcester, Massachusetts, also died. In total, 34 people were transported to area hospitals for treatment. Three of those injured remain in critical condition, officials said. The bus driver, identified by police as 48-year-old Jing S. Dong of Staten Island, New York, survived the impact.

The crash prompted a full closure of I-95 southbound for several hours as...