In brief
Jing Sheng Dong, a 48‑year‑old Staten Island bus driver, is indicted on three new involuntary manslaughter counts and one reckless driving charge after the fatal I‑95 crash. The incident, already linked to prior speeding accusations, has drawn National Transportation Safety Board investigation and court note of pending trespassing charges.
News Update: A bus driver with a record of speeding accusations was indicted on additional charges Monday in a chain‑reaction crash on Interstate 95 that killed five people and injured dozens more.
Jing Sheng Dong, 48, of Staten Island, New York, originally faced two counts of involuntary manslaughter after the crash early Friday morning on I‑95. A grand jury expanded the indictment to three more involuntary manslaughter counts and added one count of reckless driving, per a statement from the Stafford County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.
Authorities say Dong was operating a motorcoach traveling from New York to North Carolina when it struck a line of vehicles slowed for a work zone. The collision claimed the lives of a family of four from Greenfield, Massachusetts—heading to a wedding—and a 25‑year‑old woman from Worcester, Massachusetts.
Dong remains hospitalized. Earlier, he faced a speeding claim in Colonial Heights, Virginia in November 2024 and in Annapolis, Maryland in March, where he allegedly drove 72 mph in a 50 mph zone.
The bus involved in Friday’s crash was run by E&P Travel Inc., based in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. The National Transportation Safety Board is actively investigating the incident.
No attorney was listed in the court documents for the bus crash. When contacted, the lawyers in the trespassing case and the Maryland case did not respond.
Prosecutor Eric Olsen said Dong will be taken into jail upon his release from hospital. He currently faces a pending trespassing case in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, dating July.
Report by Ramer from Concord, New Hampshire.
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