Zhao Jian Chen Of Greensboro Charged In VA Bus Wreck That Killed 4 In May 2011
23.05.12
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Fredericksburg, VA - A North Carolina bus dispatcher is facing involuntary manslaughter charges in Virginia for his role in a bus crash that killed four passengers in May.
The Free Lance-Star of Fredericksburg reports that 40-year-old Zhao Jian Chen of Greensboro, NC, was arrested by federal authorities on Friday, months after a Caroline County, VA, grand jury returned an indictment against him in September.
It took authorities several months to identify Chen because they didn't know his first name or other identifying information.
Following the crash, federal officials shut down the Sky Express bus line and then issued a cease-and-desist order against the company after finding it was trying to sell tickets under other names.
Chen is the second Sky Express employee facing charges. The bus driver, 37-year-old Kin Yiu Cheung of New York, has also been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
Court records show Cheung admitted to police that he fell asleep at the wheel when the low-fare bus from Greensboro, N.C., to New York City swerved off Interstate 95 about 30 miles north of Richmond, hit an embankment and overturned.
Source: WFMY News 2