On a Tuesday evening in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, a news helicopter sent to bear witness to one tragedy became a tragedy of its own. NBC's NewsChopper4 fell from the sky between two commercial buildings while circling a fatal bus crash below, killing three aboard and injuring two others — a reminder that those who document the fragility of life are not exempt from it. As fires spread through the wreckage and seventy firefighters worked through the night, a city found itself mourning twice over, and a newsroom faced the rare and devastating task of reporting its own loss.
LA news helicopter crashes while covering bus collision; 3 dead
Three people died in the helicopter crash and two were hospitalized; an earlier bus collision in the same area killed two people and injured six others.