Driver Arrested in a Bus Collision that Happened Before a Deadly News Helicopter Crash in LA
Police booked Bailee Rios on murder suspicion after the SUV-bus crash killed 2 people and injured 6 others, records show.
- On Tuesday, a Metro Line 166 bus crashed in Chatsworth after an SUV driver allegedly ran a red light, killing two passengers and injuring six others. Police arrested driver Bailee Lynn Rios on suspicion of murder.
- Shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday, an NBC4 helicopter covering the bus collision crashed nearby, killing reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw. A ground victim, 29-year-old Edy Gutierrez Mejia, also died in the crash.
- Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board investigators arrive Wednesday to probe the helicopter crash. Aviation safety expert Jeff Guzzetti noted the cockpit alarm signaled a critical loss of main rotor speed.
- Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed condolences for the five total victims. NBC4 and Telemundo 52 Los Angeles released a statement saying they "are deeply saddened" by the tragedy.
- The incident marks the second aviation tragedy in the station's history, following a 1977 crash. Federal records show at least eight fatal news helicopter crashes have occurred in the U.S. since 2000, killing 16 people.
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The Lawton ConstitutionDriver accused in fatal Metro bus crash in LA had multiple drug arrests but spent little time in jail, records show
LOS ANGELES — It looked like another afternoon commute at the bustling intersection of De Soto Avenue and Nordhoff Street on Tuesday when Metro Bus Line 166 crossed into the intersection.
The accident that NBC's crew accompanied from the top left two dead and six wounded on Tuesday afternoon (15) in Chatsworth, north of Los Angeles. A Ford Expedition laterally hit a Metro bus after, according to police, traffic counter and advance a red signal. See: New video released shows another angle of NBC's helicopter crash that killed three people in Los Angeles Know who they were: NBC reporter and pilot are among the victims of TV helicop…
She was allegedly driving too fast and under drug influence: An SUV driver is said to have caused a fatal collision in Los Angeles. Subsequently, the crew of a TV helicopter crashed, which reported the accident.
LA Woman Charged With Murder After Crash Kills 5
Bailee Lynn Rios, 36, faces murder charges and $4.03 million bail after her SUV struck a Metro bus in Los Angeles, killing two passengers, and the NBC4 news helicopter that rushed to cover the wreckage crashed minutes later, killing three more. Rios drove her SUV into a Metro Line 166 bus at what police described […]
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