Exclusive | LA Metro crash suspects haunting text hours before fatal wreck as friend reveals troubled background

The woman who was accused of killing two people when she slammed her SUV into a Los Angeles Metro bus — indirectly triggering a chain of events that ended in a fiery NBC news chopper crash — sent a disturbing text to a close friend just hours earlier.Bailee Lynn Rios, the driver of the SUV, had “big concerns lately,” her close friend, Brad Aragon, told the California Post.“Brad, it’s not a joking matter on this bf thing its serious and im honestly scared but yes of course imma come see you,” read a text from Rios to Aragon at 1:24 p.m.Tuesday — only hours before her SUV slammed into the side of the Metro bus.

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By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story Aragon, who lives in Houston, and Rios were planning for Aragon to come visit LA in October, and she was going to pick him up from LAX when he landed, Aragon told The Post.“She was saying lately that she was associating with certain people that she shouldn’t be associating with.

I was going to help her with that,” he said.Rios allegedly smashed into the bus about five hours after the text exchange, killing Gage Weida, 31, and Daniel Castillo, 46. The crash indirectly resulted in a horrific chain of events, leading to NBC’s chopper plummeting to the ground and killing the pilot, George Marciniw, and reporter Eliana Moreno.The helicopter also killed Edy Gutierrez Mejia, a bystander on the ground.“I thought she was on the straight-and-narrow path.

I was surprised that she’d be so careless.She must be held accountable,” he added.Authorities said Rios was suspected of reckless driving, running a red light and a possible DUI. Aragon says he met Rios 11 years ago in LA when he was dealing drugs.

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