# Driver charged with second-degree murder in L.A. bus crash covered by news helicopter

https://mins.news/en/item/63408

- NBC News, 2026-09-17 23:05 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/driver-charged-2nd-degree-murder-la-bus-crash-news-helicopter-rcna598400

> Officials say Bailee Lynn Rios was intoxicated and driving against traffic when she hit a city bus. A news helicopter covering the deadly crash later went down, killing three people.

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