On a single Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles, two unrelated disasters converged on the same neighbourhood, compounding grief and stretching emergency resources to their limits. A helicopter fell between commercial buildings, destroying itself and killing three people — including a pedestrian who simply happened to be nearby — while firefighters were already battling the aftermath of a bus-SUV collision that had claimed two more lives blocks away. In moments like these, the city becomes a reminder that catastrophe rarely arrives alone, and that the work of understanding why — the task now han
Three dead in Los Angeles helicopter crash near separate fatal bus accident
At least three people killed in helicopter crash; one additional person hospitalized in unknown condition; separate bus-vehicle collision killed two and injured six.