On a September evening in Los Angeles, a single act of alleged impairment set in motion a chain of loss that no one could have anticipated — a speeding SUV tearing into a commuter bus, and then, as first responders still worked the wreckage, a news helicopter falling from the sky nearby. Five people died across two scenes separated by two hours and one city block, each life a reminder that catastrophe rarely arrives alone. The city was left to grieve not only the dead but the strange, compounding cruelty of how they were lost.
LA's Twin Tragedies: Bus Crash Triggers Helicopter Disaster, Five Dead
Five people killed: two bus passengers, one reporter, one pilot, and one pedestrian. Multiple others injured in the bus collision. Families of victims left grieving.