E&P Travel Bus Crash Kills 5 on I-95 as Virginia Probes Driver's 2024 CDL
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Updated · Fox Baltimore · May 30
E&P Travel Bus Crash Kills 5 on I-95 as Virginia Probes Driver's 2024 CDL
18 articles · Updated · Fox Baltimore · May 30
Five people, including two children, were killed and 44 others hurt after an E&P Travel charter bus from New York to Charlotte failed to slow in an I-95 work zone around 2:35 a.m. Friday.
Driver Jing S. Dong, 48, of Staten Island was injured and faces pending charges; the bus struck multiple vehicles in Stafford County, according to officials.
Federal records show E&P Travel, based in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, operates four vehicles with 11 workers and had three speeding-related violations noted in an April inspection.
The Transportation Department said it is reviewing New York licensing records, training documents and Dong's history after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Dong received his commercial license in 2024 and does not speak English.
The crash has widened scrutiny of commercial-driver licensing and enforcement, coming about a week after Homeland Security backed Delilah's Law to tighten CDL eligibility.
With a history of speeding and a prior crash, how did this bus company maintain its 'satisfactory' federal safety rating?
Twice in two years, this company’s buses failed to slow for work zones. Is this a driver problem or a company crisis?