Three people were killed Tuesday night when an NBC Los Angeles news helicopter crashed in the Chatsworth neighborhood of Los Angeles while covering a deadly crash involving a Metro bus, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The helicopter went down just before 7 p.m. local time between two commercial buildings on the 9100 block of North Mason Avenue in the San Fernando Valley, CBS Los Angeles reported. The aircraft appeared to have come down on top of two shipping containers and several parked vehicles, and a large fire broke out and spread to nearby cars.
LAFD Captain Branden Silverman said one victim appeared to have been outside the helicopter when it crashed and was pronounced dead at the scene. Fire officials later said two more people were declared dead at the crash site, and a fourth person was taken to a hospital in unknown condition. Silverman told reporters the helicopter was largely destroyed and that crews would have to search the wreckage to determine how many people had been on board.
