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NTSB releases preliminary investigation into crash that killed 5 from Massachusetts
A preliminary report has been released concerning a crash that killed 5 from Massachusetts including a family of 4.
According to the NTSB, on Friday, May 29, 2026, about 2:32 a.m., a 57 passenger 2013 Van Hool C2045L motorcoach, operated by E&P Travel, Inc., was traveling south in the center lane of Interstate 95 (I-95) in Stafford, Stafford County, Virginia. A short-term work zone had been established in the area of the southbound lanes. The speed limit along this section of I-95 was 65 mph, including in the work zone. The weather was reported to be clear and dry.
The motorcoach, occupied by a driver, 48-year-old Jing S. Dong of New York City, and 24 passengers, was traveling from New York City, New York, to Charlotte, North Carolina. It was operating in scheduled passenger service when it encountered a traffic queue (jam) near mile marker 146.6 that had formed due to lane and shoulder closures associated with the work zone. The motorcoach did not slow as it approached the traffic queue and collided with the rear of a 2021 Chevrolet Suburban and a 2020 Acura MDX in the center lane at the end of the queue, about 1,000 feet north of the beginning of the right shoulder closure. The motorcoach continued south into the queue for about 0.44 miles, causing eight other vehicles in the queue to become involved in the crash events before it came to a stop in the median between the I-95 southbound lanes and the I-95 express lanes. A post-crash fire consumed the Acura.
Dong has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
25-year-old Priscilla Ramos Mafalda of Worcester was killed in the crash.
