STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Four of the five people killed in the bus crash on I-95 en route to Charlotte were in one vehicle, according to the preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. on Friday, May 29. A 57-person motorcoach carrying 24 people and the driver was traveling south from New York City to Charlotte when the crash took place in Stafford, Virginia.
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Preliminary report from the NTSB
According to the report, this area of I-95 is a six-lane roadway, three lanes in each direction. Between the north and south lanes were two reversible express toll lanes, with a short-term work zone in the southbound lanes. The speed limit in this section and the work zone was 65 mph.
Due to the work zone, traffic built up near mile marker 146.6. As the bus approached the traffic, it did not slow down and rear-ended a 2021 Chevrolet Suburban and a 2020 Acura MDX in the center lane. The report says that the bus continued southbound in traffic for nearly half a mile, causing eight other vehicles in the traffic queue to be involved in the crash.
After the crash, the Acura caught on fire, and all four of its occupants were killed. The fifth person was a passenger in the Chevrolet. Two of the people killed were a 13-year-old girl and a seven-year-old boy. More than 30 occupants of other vehicles sustained minor to serious injuries, officials said…