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<\/p>\nThe bus failed to slow down while approaching the zone and struck a Chevrolet Suburban, causing a chain-reaction where the SUV crashed into an Acura SUV and other vehicles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Two adults and two children were killed inside an Acura that caught fire after a multivehicle crash on May 29, 2026.
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A damaged coach bus is seen following the Stafford County crash on Friday morning which killed five and injured more than 30.
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Multiple vehicles were involved in the crash, including at least two that caught fire.<\/p>\n
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A damaged coach bus following the Stafford crash on Friday morning which killed five and injured over 30.
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Virginia State Police investigate the scene of a crash on Interstate 95 southbound in Stafford County on Friday morning.
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Five people were killed, including two children, and more than 40 others were sent to area hospitals early Friday morning after police say a bus struck multiple vehicles near a work zone on southbound Interstate 95 in Stafford County, Virginia.<\/p>\n
Virginia State Police said a coach bus crashed at 2:35 a.m. at the 146-mile marker, near Marine Corps Base Quantico, where traffic was slowing through a work zone.<\/p>\n
All five of the people who died were from Massachusetts, though they were inside two different vehicles. Police said 44 people were transported to hospitals, three with critical injuries.<\/p>\n
The bus failed to slow down while approaching the zone and struck a Chevrolet Suburban, causing a chain-reaction where the SUV crashed into an Acura and other vehicles.<\/p>\n
The bus then hit additional vehicles. Police said that coach bus, operated by E&P Travel, was carrying around 34 occupants from New York City to Charlotte, North Carolina.<\/p>\n
Four of the people who were killed were inside the Acura: a 45-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman, a 13-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy. They were from Greenfield, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n
A 25-year-old woman from Worcester, Massachusetts, was inside the Suburban struck by the bus and died in the collision.<\/p>\n
The driver of the bus is among those who were injured, a 48-year-old man from Staten Island, New York. Police said they\u2019re investigating what he was doing in the moments leading up to the crash, and they plan to file charges.<\/p>\n
Nineteen of the patients have been treated at Mary Washington Healthcare; 12 were released from a hospital in Stafford and one from a Fredericksburg hospital, according to a social media post<\/a> from the hospital group.<\/p>\n Six adults are hospitalized at the hospital in Fredericksburg \u2014 one in critical condition, two in serious condition and three in fair condition, as of 3 p.m., Mary Washington Healthcare said.<\/p>\n Crash investigation underway<\/p>\n All southbound lanes of the interstate were blocked for hours as police investigated the crash and the highway fully reopened shortly before noon.<\/p>\n The National Transportation Safety Board posted online Friday that it was sending a \u201cgo-team\u201d to conduct a safety investigation into the crash.<\/p>\n When firefighters arrived, they worked to put out the vehicle fires and figure out how many patients were in each vehicle, several of which were extricated. The Acura was among the vehicles that caught on fire, police said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had 13 transport units, two heavy rescue squads, multiple suppression pieces,\u201d said Katie Brady, a spokeswoman for Stafford County Fire and Rescue. \u201cThen multiple support resources like SUVs.\u201d<\/p>\n Brady said the department declared a mass casualty incident Friday morning to open up mutual aid and additional resources.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is going to stick with some people for a while, and we\u2019ll continue to check on those responders in the days and weeks to come,\u201d Brady said. \u201cThankfully not something that we have to handle very often, but certainly glad that we trained for it.\u201d<\/p>\n In a post on social media, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger thanked first responders, including police and Stafford County Fire and Rescue, for their rescue efforts.<\/p>\n \u201cMy office and our state agencies have been working to respond to the deadly crash on I-95 that occurred early this morning. My 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 Spanberger wrote.<\/p>\n Bus company<\/p>\n The bus is operated by a company based in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, about 30 miles west of Charlotte.<\/p>\n Records from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration show one crash<\/a> involving an injury with an\u00a0E&P Travel vehicle in the past two years. The company\u2019s compliance rating is listed as \u201csatisfactory.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the safety administration, E&P Travel operates four vehicles and has 11 drivers.<\/p>\n WTOP\u2019s Kyle Cooper and The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/p>\n