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LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A woman charged with murder for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs while slamming her SUV into a Metro bus in Chatsworth, killing two people and injuring five other victims, pleaded not guilty on Thursday.
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Bailee Rios, 36, of Simi Valley is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one felony count of driving under the influence causing injury, along with a misdemeanor count of reckless driving.
Rios remains jailed in lieu of $4.1 million bail and is due back in court Nov. 2, when a preliminary hearing date is expected to be scheduled.
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The two people killed in the crash have been identified as Daniel Castillo, 46, who died on the bus, and Gage Weida, 31, who died on the street nearby, having apparently been thrown from the bus during the collision.
About two hours after that wreck, an NBC4 helicopter crew reporting on the bus collision crashed just blocks away that night, killing three people.
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City News Service contributed to this report