Relative says 4 of 5 Virginia bus crash victims had been touring to a household wedding ceremony

A household of 4 from Massachusetts who had been killed when a bus crashed into a number of autos in Virginia had been touring to a marriage with a carload of home made desserts for the celebration.

The household wedding ceremony will go ahead Sunday in South Carolina, but it surely additionally shall be a time to mourn the lack of Dmitri and Ecaterina Doncev and their two kids, Emily and Mark, a relative mentioned Saturday.

“A son, a father — the whole family — everyone that has been dear to us,” Carolina Bublik mentioned.

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The Doncev household died early Friday when a motorcoach crashed into autos that had slowed down for a piece zone on Interstate 95 in Stafford County, Virginia. A fifth individual, a 25-year-old feminine from Worcester, Massachusetts, died in an SUV, authorities mentioned.

More folks had been handled for accidents, together with one who was in crucial situation, although most had been discharged from the hospital, Mary Washington Healthcare mentioned.

A member of the National Transportation Safety Board deliberate to talk to reporters in regards to the crash investigation Saturday.

The bus was operated by E&P Travel Inc., primarily based in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Virginia State Police recognized the motive force as Jing S. Dong, 48, of Staten Island, New York.

Dmitri, 45, and Ecaterina, 44, emigrated to the U.S. from Moldova in 2008 and settled in Greenfield, Massachusetts, Bublik mentioned.

Dmitri was a nurse who labored at Holyoke Medical Center. Ecaterina was a hair stylist who spent days making desserts for the household wedding ceremony, Bublik mentioned.

Dmitri and brother Iuri tried to remain collectively whereas touring in separate autos to South Carolina.

“At some point they ended up getting separated,” Bublik mentioned. “Dmitri said, ‘You go ahead. I’ll catch up later.’ It was a big shock when Iuri arrived at the house. Dmitri should have arrived around the same time. When his car did not show up, and he wasn’t picking up the phone — that’s when the family started panicking.”