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<\/p>\nAuthorities respond to an Interstate 95 crash that killed five people. (Photos courtesy of Virginia State Police)<\/p>\n
The Virginia State Police is investigating a multi-vehicle crash that killed five people and injured 44 more in Stafford County early Friday.<\/p>\n
The wreck\u00a0occurred about 2:35 a.m. on southbound Interstate 95 at the 146-mile marker, near the Quantico Marine Corps base, authorities said.<\/p>\n
A preliminary investigation indicates that traffic was slowing for an upcoming work zone.\u00a0A bus, operated by E&P Travel and heading from New York City to Charlotte, N.C., failed to slow down and struck a Chevrolet Suburban, police said. The Suburban was then forced into an Acura SUV as well as into additional vehicles. <\/p>\n
The bus, which was carrying about 34 occupants at the time of the impact, struck additional cars as well.<\/p>\n
There were five fatalities. Four were in the Acura: a 45-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman, a 13-year-old girl, and a 7-year-old boy, all from Greenfield, Mass. The Acura caught fire after the collisions.<\/p>\n
The fifth victim, a 25-year-old woman from Worcester, Mass., was in the Suburban, authorities said.<\/p>\n
About 44 patients were transported to area hospitals, three with critical injuries. A total of 17 (12 from Stafford Hospital, five from Mary Washington Hospital) were discharged<\/p>\n
The driver of the bus, Jing S. Dong, 48, of Staten Island, N.Y., suffered injuries in the crash.<\/p>\n
Charges are pending, police said, and authorities are\u00a0looking into the bus driver\u2019s actions prior to the wreck.<\/p>\n
The National Transportation Safety Board, in coordination with state police, also was sending a \u201cgo-team\u201d to conduct a safety investigation.<\/p>\n
Based on the number of patients, a \u201cmass casualty incident\u201d was declared, Stafford County Fire and Rescue posted on Facebook.<\/p>\n
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Authorities said the crash occurred after a bus failed to stop for slow traffic.<\/p>\n
Thirteen transport units, two heavy rescue squads, multiple engines and trucks, and support resources responded to the scene, the agency said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a significant event for all involved, please keep everyone involved in your thoughts,\u201d the post said. \u201cOur crews worked incredibly hard through a very complex and difficult incident.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stafford Fire and Rescue personnel were assisted by mutual aid partners from the Fauquier County Fire Rescue System, Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue, and Marine Corps Base Quantico Fire and Emergency Services, the Stafford Professional Fire Fighters Local 4012 posted on Facebook.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth Stafford County heavy rescue companies worked extensively to extricate multiple trapped victims while engine company personnel simultaneously operated to suppress vehicle fires and secure the incident scene,\u201d the union post said.<\/p>\n
Gov. Abigail Spanberger also addressed the incident on Facebook.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy heart is with the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives, and I am praying for a quick recovery for those injured,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you to Virginia State Police, Stafford County Fire and Rescue, and the other first responders who arrived quickly to the scene to support rescue efforts,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
The wreck caused major travel delays, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation, and forced the closure of all southbound lanes in the vicinity of the crash for several hours. All lanes reopened at noon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities respond to an Interstate 95 crash that killed five people. (Photos courtesy of Virginia State Police) The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[39353,9,24,63,97017,134,136,135,49605],"class_list":["post-248522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-interstate-95","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-stafford-county","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-virginia-state-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}