Five people were killed and 44 others were hospitalized when a Staten Island bus driver, who didn’t speak English, smashed into stopped traffic along I-95 in Virginia, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.

Jing S. Dong, a Chinese native who obtained US citizenship, was allegedly driving the motorcoach from New York City to Charlotte, North Carolina, when it struck a Chevrolet Suburban in Stafford County, near Quantico, just after 2:30 a.m. Friday morning.

The crash sparked a chain reaction involving at least 6 vehicles, officials said. Traffic had slowed down for a work zone on the highway at the time of the crash.

“The preliminary investigation indicates that traffic was slowing southbound for an upcoming work zone,” state police. “A bus failed to slow for traffic and struck six vehicles.”

Survivors detailed the harrowing scene inside the bus which rolled over and landed off the roadway.

“Boom, people screaming on the bus, glass flying everywhere, the bus turning over,” a passenger identified as Judy told WTVR.

“You had blood, people bleeding, people screaming, the bus smoking. A stranger came, bust the window open and let us all out. I’m thankful for that.”

“It was horrible,” said Wayne Tobin, another passenger on the doomed bus., told the outlet. 

“It was just like blood everywhere, it was people holding their head. Their heads were bleeding.”

A 25-year-old unidentified woman from Worcester, Massachusetts, was killed inside a Suburban.

A family of four from Greenfield, Massachusetts, all died when the Suburban slammed into their Acura, causing the family’s car to catch fire, police said.

Dmitri Doncev, 45, his wife Ecaterina, 44, and their two children, Emily, 13, and Mark, 7, were all pronounced dead.

“With broken hearts, we share the devastating loss of our beloved brother and his family in the tragic accident on South I-95 in Virginia early this morning,” Iuri Doncev, Dmitri’s brother, wrote on Facebook.

The family, who had immigrated to the US from Moldova back in 2008, was travelling to South Carolina for a family wedding when they were killed, family friend Anatoliy Bublik wrote on GoFundMe.

Providence Christian Academy, the private institution the children attended, confirmed the death of the family in a statement.

“Providence Christian Academy is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of the Doncev family, following a motor vehicle accident on Interstate 95. The Doncev family was a cherished part of our school community, and their loss is being felt deeply by our students, families, faculty, and staff,” the school said.

Dmitri Doncev was a registered nurse in the mental health unit at Holyoke Medical Center, the fundraiser said.

Dong, 48, received his Commercial Driver’s License in New York State in 2024, despite not speaking English, according to Duffy.

“Unacceptable. This is exactly why we are holding states’ accountable, enforcing the rules of the road, and cracking down on drivers who can’t speak English,” Duffy wrote on X, accusing the policies implemented by NY officials of causing the crash.

“If you can’t be properly trained, read our road signs, or communicate with law enforcement, you have no business driving a bus,” Duffy said.

The transportation boss revealed the administration is reviewing New York licensing records, training documentation, and the driver’s history in the investigation into the crash.

“Any company, trainer, or school that contributed to putting an unqualified driver on the road will face intense scrutiny,” he said.

On Saturday, Dong’s 17-year-old son told The Post that neither his father nor mother speak English but believed there was a problem with the bus — not with his father’s inability to read signs.

“I think it’s probably something with the bus,” he said at the family’s Staten Island home.

“I’m just worried about my dad. I don’t know what to say right now. He’s in surgery.”

The bus is owned by E&P Travel Inc which has registered 11 drivers, four motorcoaches and is based out of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, according to US Department of Transportation records.

The company reported one crash since 2020 and received Safety Measurement Violations for three of six inspections during that span, according to records.

One of those violations was for a driver who could not satisfy English language proficiency requirements of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Sept. 9, 2025, those records showed.

It is not clear if Dong was the driver cited.

Federal records also show three previous speed-related violations ticketed to the company.

The Post could not reach E&P Travel Inc. for comment Saturday.

Three of the 44 injured were in critical conditional, according to reports.

All but five people were discharged from the hospital as of Saturday, according to WJLA.

Police didn’t reveal if all the passengers aboard the bus had been hospitalized.

Dong was taken into custody after surgery on Friday, according to WTVR. 

His son told The Post that the surgery was to address an injury to his intestines.

Criminal charges against Dong are pending as authorities investigate the cause of the crash.

With Post wires