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Fatal I-95 Bus Crash

A bus crash puts 34 Virginia patients into hospitals after it failed to slow near an I-95 work zone

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Virginia State Police said a bus failed to slow near an I-95 work zone in Stafford County, struck six vehicles, killed five people, and sent 34 to hospitals.

  1. Frame 1A bus crash puts 34 Virginia patients into hospitals after it failed to slow near an I-95 work zone.
  2. Frame 2The crash happened about 2:35 a.m. Friday on southbound I-95 in Stafford County, near Quantico.
  3. Frame 3Virginia State Police said the bus hit six vehicles as traffic slowed for the upcoming work zone.
  4. Frame 4All five deaths were in struck vehicles; three injured people were reported in critical condition.
  5. Frame 5The next pressure point is the state police investigation: why the bus failed to slow.
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May 29, 3:11 PM EDT
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