At least three people have been killed after a local NBC News helicopter crashed and caught fire in a Los Angeles neighbourhood while covering a nearby fatal bus accident.
The helicopter crashed shortly before 7 p.m. on Tuesday in Chatsworth, in the San Fernando Valley, according to officials and NBC4 Los Angeles.
NBC4 anchor Colleen Williams confirmed during a live broadcast that the station’s helicopter had crashed, initially reporting that two people on board were killed.
The crash occurred near a large storage facility where news crews had gathered to cover an accident involving an SUV and a city bus.
According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the earlier bus accident left at least two people dead and six others injured.
