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SUV driver charged with murder in Chatsworth Metro bus crash due in court

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The woman charged with crashing into a Metro bus in Chatsworth, killing two people and injuring five others, is expected to appear in court Monday.

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  1. Independent Journal Review

    SUV Driver Faces Murder Allegations in Bus Crash (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    A Chatsworth crash left two people dead and six injured after an SUV struck a Metro bus, with the driver under arrest on suspicion of murder as investigators probe reckless driving, a red-light violation and possible DUI.

  2. KOB 4

    The driver who slammed into an LA bus before a news helicopter crash is charged with murder (opens KOB 4)

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    Prosecutors say 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. It was a tragedy compounded by the subsequent fatal crash of a TV news helicopter that had been covering the collision th…

  3. BNO News

    Woman faces murder charges in suspected DUI crash that killed 2 on L.A. bus (opens BNO News)

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    Prosecutors have announced second-degree murder charges against the woman accused of driving an SUV into a Los Angeles bus while impaired by drugs, killing two passengers. Five other people aboard the bus were injured, including two seriously.

  4. The Guardian

    LA woman charged with murder over bus crash that preceded deadly helicopter plunge (opens The Guardian)

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    Bailee Lynn Rios, 36, accused of driving on wrong side of road to cause fatal crash NBC news helicopter was covering A California woman was allegedly driving under the influence when she sped down the wrong side of the road, ran a red light and plowed her SUV into a Los Angeles metro bus on Tuesday,…

  5. WKBN Youngstown

    Driver who slammed into LA bus before news helicopter crash charged with murder (opens WKBN Youngstown)

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    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.

  6. MS Now

    Driver who slammed into LA bus before news helicopter crash is charged with murder (opens MS Now)

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    Rios, 36, faces two charges of second-degree murder in the deaths of the two people on the bus

  7. NPR

    The driver who slammed into an LA bus before helicopter crash is charged with murder (opens NPR)

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    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 as they charged her with murder.

  8. Foxla

    Simi Valley woman faces murder charges in fatal Chatsworth Metro bus crash (opens Foxla)

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    A Simi Valley woman is scheduled to be arraigned in a San Fernando courtroom on Friday following a high-speed collision that left two Metro bus passengers dead and six others injured. Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced that Bailee Rios, 36, faces charges including two coun…

  9. KTLA Los Angeles

    Could SUV driver face charges in deadly news helicopter crash? (opens KTLA Los Angeles)

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    The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office tells KTLA it will examine all available evidence to determine whether there is any legal basis to bring additional charges against the SUV driver accused of plowing into an L.A. Metro bus in Chatsworth this week, killing two people.

  10. UPI

    SUV driver in L.A. crash charged with murder (opens UPI)

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    The driver in a deadly crash with a city bus in Los Angeles Tuesday has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder, prosecutors said.

  11. KYMA Yuma

    Woman accused of causing fatal bus crash in Southern California charged (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    Prosecutors announced Thursday that 36-year-old Bailee Rios of Simi Valley was the driver of the 2004 Ford Expedition that ended up partially inside the Metro bus at a Chatsworth intersection.

  12. KTLA Los Angeles

    Woman accused of crashing SUV into L.A. Metro bus wheeled into court on gurney (opens KTLA Los Angeles)

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    An arraignment has once again been postponed for a woman accused of crashing her SUV into an L.A. Metro bus in Chatsworth on Tuesday, killing two people. The suspect, 36-year-old Bailee Lynn Rios, made it to court Friday, but the judge said she was not medically fit for arraignment.

  13. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Woman charged in LA bus crash (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    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.

  14. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    SUV driver charged with murder in Chatsworth Metro bus crash due in court (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    ABC 7 Los Angeles's feed description

    The woman charged with crashing into a Metro bus in Chatsworth, killing two people and injuring five others, is expected to appear in court Monday.

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