The driver who slammed into an LA bus before helicopter crash is charged with murder

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.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5946x3964+0+0/resize/5946x3964!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbf%2F54%2F1860527c4ed4ab6dd7db9f44fa9f%2Fap26261030623404.jpg' alt='Savannah Sampson, right, and Nicole Lewis, help set up a vigil for the victims of Tuesday's fatal SUV-Metro bus collision and the subsequent crash of a TV news helicopter that was covering it in the Chatsworth neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026.'/><p>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.</p><p>(Image credit: Jae C. Hong)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-143900' />