Alcohol and speed contributed to a fatal crash involving a bus carrying more than 20 people and a tractor-trailer on Interstate 64 in Virginia last week, state police said.
The crash happened early Friday morning near Williamsburg and the National Transportation Safety Board said it sent 10 investigators to conduct a safety investigation in cooperation with the Virginia State Police. The two vehicles were traveling in eastbound lanes toward Norfolk when the “passenger bus merged into the path of the tractor-trailer” and the “vehicles collided,” state police said in a news release.
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Three of the bus passengers, two Norfolk men in their 20s and a 19-year-old Chesapeake woman, died at the scene, state police said.
This Virginia State Police photo shows emergency personnel at the scene of an accident on Interstate 64 in York County, Virginia on December 16, 2022. The accident occurred shortly after 1:30 a.m. near Williamsburg, VA.
(Virginia State Police via AP)
The driver and remaining passengers were taken to local hospitals with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
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Police said they hope to release more details later this week after consulting with prosecutors.
