On a Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles, a news helicopter fell from the sky between two commercial buildings, turning a parking lot into a scene of fire and grief. The aircraft, operated by NBCLA, had been aloft to bear witness to one tragedy when it became one itself — killing at least three people, including a bystander who simply happened to be there. In a city already absorbing the shock of a fatal bus collision nearby, the day became a reminder of how swiftly the ordinary can collapse into the catastrophic, and how those who document disaster are never fully shielded from it.
News helicopter crashes in LA near fatal bus accident, killing at least three
At least three people killed in helicopter crash including one pedestrian; two additional deaths from separate bus collision nearby; six injured in bus accident.