A Stafford County I-95 bus crash killed five people and injured dozens after a charter bus struck multiple vehicles near Quantico, Virginia, early Friday, May 29, 2026.
Virginia State Police said the crash happened at about 2:35 AM EDT in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 near mile marker 146, roughly two miles south of the Quantico exit, as traffic was slowing for a work zone.
Stafford County I-95 bus crash happened near Quantico work zone
According to the preliminary investigation, the bus failed to slow for traffic and hit several vehicles. Police said the bus struck a Chevrolet Suburban, pushing it into an Acura SUV and other vehicles. The Acura caught fire, and the bus continued forward before hitting additional vehicles.
Authorities said charges against the 48-year-old bus driver from Staten Island, New York, are pending as investigators review the driver’s actions before the crash.
Massachusetts victims among those killed
All five people killed were in vehicles struck by the bus. Police said four people in the Acura died: a 45-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman, a 13-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy from Greenfield, Massachusetts. A 25-year-old woman from Worcester, Massachusetts, who was in the Suburban, also died.
Three people were critically injured, and dozens of others were taken to area hospitals after the pileup.
Hospitals treated crash victims after I-95 closure
Mary Washington Healthcare treated several crash victims at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg and Stafford Hospital. Some patients were listed in critical condition, while others were treated and discharged.
The crash shut down southbound lanes of I-95 for hours as emergency crews responded and investigators worked at the scene. The closure caused major delays along one of the East Coast’s busiest travel corridors.
NTSB joins investigation into Virginia charter bus crash
The National Transportation Safety Board said it would send investigators for a safety review of the crash. The bus registration was linked to E & P Travel, a charter operator based in Kings Mountain, North Carolina.
Federal records cited in the source material show the company had four buses and 11 drivers and had been inspected six times in the past two years.
The Stafford County I-95 bus crash is now being reviewed as both a fatal traffic investigation and a broader transportation safety case, with investigators focusing on the bus driver’s actions, the work-zone traffic conditions and the sequence of collisions.
