Overview
- A suspected wrong‑way DUI driver struck an LA Metro bus in Chatsworth, killing two passengers later identified as Gage Weida and Daniel Castillo.
- Roughly two hours after the bus collision, NBC4/Telemundo NewsChopper4 crashed between commercial buildings, killing pilot George Marciniw, aerial reporter Eliana Moreno and a bystander, Edy Gutierrez Mejia.
- The NTSB and FAA removed wreckage and avionics to an NTSB lab in Phoenix and are reviewing cockpit audio, onboard video and maintenance records while investigators consider how low‑altitude limits can reduce options for emergency autorotation.
- Los Angeles County prosecutors have charged Bailee Lynn Rios in the bus crash with alleged second‑degree murder and felony DUI and have asked the public for surveillance and dashcam footage to aid the case.
- Family vigils and public statements have honored the victims, including a message from Edy Gutierrez Mejia’s hometown of Cuilapa, Guatemala, and profiles of Moreno and Marciniw have highlighted their local ties and careers.