Bus driver in Virginia crash that killed 5 charged with manslaughter

The driver of a bus in a crash that killed five people in Virginia on Friday, including a family of four en route to a relative’s wedding, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter

The driver of a bus in a crash that killed five people in Virginia on Friday, including a family of four en route to a relative’s wedding, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.

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Jing S. Dong, 48, of New York City, was charged Saturday with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, and more charges were pending, Virginia State Police said in a statement. He was arrested and remained in custody while hospitalized with unspecified injuries, according to a statement from prosecutor Eric Olsen, the Commonwealth’s Attorney for the area of the collision.

State police characterized the family of four as a 7-year-old boy, a 13-year-old girl, a 44-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man, all from Greenfield, Massachusetts.