Overview
- County prosecutors filed two counts of second-degree murder and multiple driving-related charges against Bailee Rios and set bail at about $4.1 million, with a potential sentence of life with parole if convicted.
- The SUV driven by Rios reportedly traveled the wrong way, ran a red light and struck an eastbound LA Metro Line 166 bus at high speed, killing two passengers and injuring several others.
- The Los Angeles County medical examiner identified the two people killed as Daniel Castillo and Gage Weida, and multiple passengers were treated and transported to hospitals.
- The district attorney said drugs were detected in Rios’s system and narcotics were found in her vehicle but lab confirmation and a full chemical evaluation are still pending; law enforcement reported possible methamphetamine and paraphernalia.
- Rios’s arraignment has been delayed because she was medically unable to participate, and the NTSB’s ongoing investigation into a news helicopter that crashed nearby will be reviewed by prosecutors for any possible link to the case.