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Helicopter crashes in Chatsworth
NBCLA anchor Colleen Williams announces that the helicopter that crashed in Chatsworth, California, on Tuesday afternoon belonged to NBC4 Los Angeles and Telemundo 52.
Three people were killed and one person was hospitalized Tuesday night when a helicopter covering news for NBCLA and Telemundo 52 crashed in the Los Angeles community of Chatsworth.
The crash was reported just before 7 p.m. in the 9100 block of North Mason Avenue in Chastworth, a neighborhood in northern Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
NBCLA confirmed the helicopter was NewsChopper4, which is operated by Angel City Air, and was providing news coverage. Several TV news helicopters were in the west San Fernando Valley community reporting on a crash involving a Metro bus.
News helicopter crashes in Los Angeles, killing 3
NBC4 news chopper comes down in Chatsworth neighbourhood while covering a fatal bus crash
Three people were killed Tuesday in a fiery crash when a US news media helicopter covering a deadly bus crash came down in a Los Angeles neighbourhood.
Media in the city had scrambled to cover a deadly accident, after an SUV ploughed into a bus in the Chatsworth area, northwest of downtown, killing another three people and injuring many others in a city where news outlets routinely fly over large incidents.
Reporters who were at the scene of the bus crash said there was a loud bang, with some saying they saw a helicopter come down around a block away, sending plumes of smoke into the air.
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Los Angeles crash: Helicopter crashes near site of deadly Chatsworth bus collision
CHATSWORTH, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — At least three people were killed after an NBC4 news helicopter crashed near the scene of a deadly bus collision in Chatsworth on Tuesday evening, authorities said.
The helicopter crashed between two commercial buildings in the 9100 block of Mason Avenue around 7 p.m., the Los Angeles Fire Department said. In addition to the three people who died at the scene, one person nearby was taken to the hospital after suffering an apparent panic attack.
NBC4 confirmed on air shortly before 9 p.m. that the aircraft that crashed was the station's helicopter.
An LAFD spokesperson said one of the people killed was a pedestrian on the ground. It's unclear whether the other victims were aboard the helicopter.
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