DHS confirms DUI charge against non-English-speaking driver in Virginia crash that killed 5

FIRST ON FOX — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to Fox News Digital that a non-English-speaking naturalized U.S.citizen from China accused of causing a Virginia crash that killed five people and injured dozens more Friday morning is now facing charges for driving under the influence and without a valid license.Jing Sheng Dong, 48, of Staten Island, New York, is charged with five counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of reckless driving, according to a statement from the Stafford County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.A DHS spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital on Tuesday he is also charged with driving while intoxicated and driving without a valid license on the day of the fatal crash.VIRGINIA BUS CRASH THAT KILLED FIVE INVOLVED DRIVER WHO DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH, SEAN DUFFY SAYSFive people died in the multi-car crash after the bus failed to stop, police said.
(Virginia State Police)National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials said that on the day of the crash, Dong was driving a bus from New York to North Carolina along Interstate 95 when he struck a line of vehicles that had slowed down in a work zone at "a high rate of speed."A family of four traveling from Greenfield, Massachusetts, to attend a wedding were killed, along with an unidentified 25-year-old woman from Worcester, Massachusetts.Among the family members killed were a 13-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.Dozens of people were taken to hospitals after the crash.(Virginia State Police)EMERGENCY CREWS RESPOND TO TOUR BUS ROLLOVER WITH DOZENS OF PATIENTS IN NEW YORKDong, who did not speak English, received his commercial driver's license from New York in 2024, Duffy said.Court records obtained by The Associated Press show he was previously accused of speeding 18 miles per hour over the limit in Colonial Heights, Virginia, in November 2024 and speeding 22 miles per hour over the limit in Annapolis, Maryland,...