From the Guardian · · 1m 40s
LA bus crash and helicopter tragedy leave five dead
A DUI driver allegedly caused a fatal bus crash, then a news helicopter covering it plummeted, killing three more.
In brief
A DUI driver allegedly caused a fatal bus crash, then a news helicopter covering it plummeted, killing three more. A suspected DUI crash killed two bus passengers, and a news helicopter covering the scene crashed, killing three more people. Originally reported by the Guardian.
Wrong-way driver kills two
Bailee Lynn Rios, 36, allegedly drove drunk on the wrong side of the road, ran a red light, and crashed into an LA metro bus Tuesday, killing two passengers.
Murder charges filed
Rios faces two murder counts for the deaths of Daniel Castillo, 46, and Gage Weida, 31. She's held on $4.1 million bail with arraignment set for September 18.
News helicopter crashes
Hours after the bus crash, an NBC news helicopter covering the scene plummeted to the ground in a fiery crash, killing pilot George Marciniw and reporter Eliana Moreno.
Pedestrian also killed
The helicopter crash killed a third person on the ground: 29-year-old Edy Gutierrez Mejia. Five people died total from both incidents.
Families left devastated
Castillo left behind four children. Weida's family was planning to visit him for his 32nd birthday but now must travel "for all the wrong reasons."
“Unfortunately, we're still heading out there, but for all the wrong reasons”
Cockpit alarm heard on video
The helicopter's last broadcast captured a cockpit alarm and a woman saying "You can't pull up?" before the crash. The NTSB calls it their most important evidence.
“probably the most important evidence that we have discovered so far”
News helicopters often deadly
At least eight fatal news helicopter crashes have occurred in the US since 2000, killing 16 people total, according to federal records and news accounts.
The big picture
A suspected DUI crash killed two bus passengers, and a news helicopter covering the scene crashed, killing three more people.
