The driver who slammed into an LA bus before helicopter crash is charged with murder
Bailee Lynn Rios has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder following a drug-impaired driving incident that caused a fatal bus crash in Los Angeles. The tragedy was further complicated by a secondary crash involving a news helicopter covering the initial scene.
Why it matters
The incident highlights the severe consequences of impaired driving and the rare, compounding nature of secondary accidents in news coverage.
LOS ANGELES — An SUV driver was under the influence of drugs when she swerved into the wrong lane, blew a red light and slammed into a Los Angeles city bus, killing two riders, prosecutors said Thursday as they charged her with murder.
It was a tragedy compounded by the subsequent fatal crash of a TV news helicopter that had been covering the collision.
Bailee Lynn Rios was speeding and impaired when she drove her 2004 Ford Expedition the wrong way down a busy avenue and struck a vehicle before plowing into a city bus on Tuesday, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman told a news conference.
Rios, 36, faces two charges of second-degree murder in the deaths of the two people on the bus, identified as Daniel Castillo, 46, and Gage Weida, 31.
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