Five Killed in Virginia Interstate 95 Crash Involving Bus and Multiple Vehicles
A Massachusetts woman and four members of a second Massachusetts family died early Friday when a passenger bus struck slowed traffic near a work zone on Interstate 95 in Stafford County, Virginia. The bus driver faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter with additional charges pending.
foxnews.comA 25-year-old Worcester woman and four members of a Greenfield family died early Friday when a passenger bus struck slowed traffic near a work zone on Interstate 95 in Stafford County, Virginia. The woman, identified as Priscilla R. Mafalda, was traveling south in a Chevrolet Suburban.
, pushing her SUV into a second vehicle and triggering a chain-reaction collision.
Virginia State Police said the bus failed to slow for traffic ahead of the work zone. The impact forced Mafalda’s vehicle into an Acura SUV occupied by the Doncev family and struck several other cars. The bus driver has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter; additional charges remain pending.
Mafalda, who was born in Inhapim, Brazil, had lived in Massachusetts and worked at a house-cleaning company. A GoFundMe campaign created after the crash has raised $12,000 toward returning her body to Brazil for burial. Her husband, who was also in the vehicle, is hospitalized. A coworker said Mafalda had left for vacation in Florida the previous week and had planned to call upon arrival.
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