Driver charged with murder in bus crash before news helicopter wrecked

A California woman has been charged with second-degree murder and driving under the influence after being accused of driving her SUV into a bus in Los Angeles and killing two people, shortly before a news helicopter reporting on the crash went down nearby.

Bailee Lynn Rios, 36, was the driver of an SUV that plowed into the Metro bus at about 5 p.m. local time on Sept. 15 in Chatsworth, killing two people and injuring five others, authorities said.

She is accused of speeding while driving the SUV on the wrong side of the road, running a red light and crashing into the bus with passengers on board. Footage from the scene showed the SUV, a Ford Expedition, lodged into the side of the bus. Police said one passenger was ejected from the bus and another was partially ejected.

The two people killed were Gage Weida, 31, and Daniel Castillo, 46, officials said. Five others were injured, two critically, authorities said.

Rios was charged with two counts of murder, one felony count each of driving under the influence of a drug causing injury and one misdemeanor count of reckless driving on a highway, announced the Los Angeles County District Attorney's…

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