The bus driver in Friday鈥檚 deadly chain-reaction crash on Interstate 95 in Stafford County, Virginia, has now been indicted on five counts of involuntary manslaughter 鈥� one for each death resulting from the crash.
A grand jury in Stafford County Circuit Court also indicted Jing Sheng Dong, 48, of Staten Island, New York, on Monday on a reckless driving charge.
The crash in the southbound lanes of I-95 killed five people and injured dozens, and investigators said speed played a role in the bus failing to slow for traffic approaching a work zone on the highway.
Dong was due to appear in court Tuesday in Annapolis, Maryland, for a previous arrest on charges of speeding while driving a coach bus.
On March 9, 2026, at 1:20 a.m., Dong was clocked driving 72 miles per hour in a 50 mph zone on Route 3 southbound at Charles Hall Road in Anne Arundel County, Maryland State Police said.
According to Virginia court records, Dong had also previously been cited there for speeding. In November 2024 he was charged with driving 73 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone in Colonial Heights, south of Richmond. He paid $219 in fines and costs.
Virginia State Police arrested Dong at the hospital Monday afternoon and was ordered held without bond. Dong is still hospitalized and recovering from injuries he suffered in the crash. Once he’s released, he’ll be taken to the Rappahannock Regional Jail pending his initial appearance before the Stafford General District Court and the Stafford Circuit Court.
The bus in Friday鈥檚 crash was operated by E&P Travel Inc. of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, the NTSB said. A compliance snapshot from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration showed one injury crash involving the company鈥檚 vehicles in the previous two years and listed its safety rating as satisfactory.
According to the NTSB, Dong鈥檚 bus failed to slow down while approaching a work zone and struck a Chevrolet Suburban, causing a chain-reaction where the SUV crashed into an Acura and other vehicles. The bus, which was carrying 34 people from New York City to Charlotte, North Carolina, then hit additional vehicles.
Four of the people killed were inside the Acura: Dmitri Doncev, 45, a nurse who worked at Holyoke Medical Center; Ecaterina Doncev, 44; and their children, Emily and Mark. They were from Greenfield, Massachusetts.
Priscilla R. Mafalda, a 25-year-old woman from Worcester, Massachusetts, was inside the Suburban that was struck by the bus and died in the collision, according to the NTSB.
海角精品黑料’s Neal Augenstein contributed to this report.
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