A peaceful overnight drive turned into a tragedy that shook two Massachusetts communities when a passenger bus failed to slow for a work zone on Interstate 95 in Stafford County, Virginia, in the early hours of Friday, May 29, killing five people, all from the Bay State.
Priscilla Ramos Mafalda, 25, of Worcester, was identified over the weekend as the fifth person killed in the crash. She had been born in Inhapim, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and had built a life for herself in Massachusetts.
A close friend, Thaiz Ramos, told the Boston Globe that Mafalda had called her just days before, sounding tired but excited…