The horrifying moment an SUV smashed into an LA Metro bus triggering a chain reaction that left five dead including two in a helicopter has been captured on video.

Footage obtained exclusively by the California Post showed the moment the vehicle careened into the bus, killing two passengers.

In the video, the SUV can be seen driving quickly and colliding into the bus, sending debris everywhere.

Additional surveillance footage from another angle shows the vehicle speeding into the frame before slamming into the bus.

The doomed NBC LA helicopter began covering the crash not long after, but crashed itself less than two hours later.

The driver of the SUV, identified as 36-year-old Bailee Lynn Rios, has been booked in connection with the collision.

Rios allegedly smashed into the bus while driving eastbound on Nordhoff Street around 5:03 p.m. on Tuesday, embedding itself into the vehicle.

Two people died in the collision: Gage Weida, 31, and Daniel Castillo, 46. The collision also injured six people, including Rios.

Authorities previously said Rios was suspected of reckless driving, running a red light, and possible DUI.

She’s been booked and is being held on $4.03 million bail, according to booking information.

Investigator Harvey Freeman with the LAPD Valley Traffic Division told the California Post while at the crash site Wednesday: “At this point we’re in the early stages of the investigation of this fatal traffic collision. We’re still gathering information. We have a lot of footwork to do in the process.”

An NBC LA helicopter was dispatched to cover the bus crash, considered breaking news at the time, and circled the site.

The chopper was among others watching emergency crews work to rescue passengers and extricate those trapped inside the bus.

Pilot George Marciniw flew the aircraft, News Chopper4, while reporter Eliana Moreno described what she saw and lined up a shot. The pair had worked together for years, tailing car chases and wildfires.

The aircraft’s live video, which investigators have referred to as critical evidence, shows what happened in the pair’s closing moments. An audible alarm is heard as Moreno says, “Uh-oh.”

“Can you… you can’t pull up?” Moreno then says as the chopper shudders, causing the camera to shake. The video cuts out as the chopper rapidly descends.

Moreno and Marciniw died in the helicopter crash around 1.5 miles away from the bus incident.

A pedestrian nearby, 29-year-old Edy Gutierrez Mejia, was also killed when the helicopter crashed near him in a business parking lot. He was a Guatemalan citizen visiting the area, according to NBC.

The crash set nearby cars ablaze, and firefighters from the Los Angeles Fire Department fought and put out the fire.

News reporters nearby scrambled to find out which helicopter crashed. A longtime NBC LA reporter, Robert Kovacik, initially hedged when he found out about the crash.

“I just saw a colleague of mine from ABC in tears and concern,” he said. “We don’t know where the chopper is from. We don’t know if it even is a chopper. We don’t know if it is a news chopper.”

Later, he was caught on camera grieving for the loss of his two colleagues. Mayor Karen Bass and other officials were seen consoling him. He reported on the crash late that night.

“You think about it ladies, as we deal with this day of dueling tragedies here in Chatsworth, we were just getting ready to come on air for the NBC 4 news at 7:00 tonight, and we were there,” he said.

“Colleen and Carolyn, we are surrounded by this community…members of the media and colleagues from across Southern California, as well as the LAFD and the LAPD and members of the city all coming together tonight.”

“In Chatsworth, I’m Robert Kovacik,” he signed off, his eyes glassy. “Let’s go back to you.” Tributes poured in for the victims of the tragic crashes.

Moreno had been engaged for less than a year when she was killed in the helicopter crash. Marciniw had decades of flight experience and graduated from Burbank High School in 1974. The pair flew “hundreds of hours” together, according to NBC.

NBC4 and Telemundo 52 released a statement late Tuesday about the crash.

“We are deeply saddened to share that a helicopter providing aerial news coverage for NBC4 and Telemundo 52 was involved in a fatal accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the families, friends, and colleagues of those who lost their lives.”

The NTSB held a press conference on Tuesday afternoon with investigator-in-charge Fabian Salazar declaring that a preliminary report would be released in 30 days. A final report could take more than a year, he said.

He noted that the most key piece of evidence investigators have discovered so far was the live video the NBC helicopter took.

“What we are going to do is get a pristine copy of that recording and send it to our recorder’s lab for a sound spectrum analysis, because in that recording we are clearly hearing sounds that are consistent with the engine changing its speed,” he said.

“We’re also hearing tones that are being generated that are likely advisories to the pilot. So it’s important that we get that recording to our lab so that they can be downloaded and we can get to that factual evidence that way.”

It’s not known what caused the helicopter to crash, but veteran pilot Zoey Tur speculated there may have been an engine failure.

Sources: NY Post