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Five people were injured and rushed to the hospital after a helicopter crashed in Huntington Beach, California, on Saturday. The incident took place at 2 pm (local time) in a beach parking lot between Twin Dolphins Drive and Beach Boulevard, the city officials told local reporters, ABC News reported.
Videos circulating online show the wreckage lodged in palm trees near a hotel. Two people were pulled from the helicopter wreckage, and three others on the ground were hurt, a city of Huntington Beach spokesperson said in a statement.
All the victims were taken to area hospitals in unknown conditions, the spokesperson said. In a separate news release, the city said that the helicopter was associated with a “Cars and Copters” event scheduled for Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have been notified, and they will be investigating the matter. Timothy Bartlett said he was filming a TikTok video of helicopters landing when he captured the moment of the crash.
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“I was stunned,” Bartlett said. “As soon as I saw it spinning, I knew it was going to crash because it just didn’t look right, and I knew something was wrong.”
Impact Shorts
More ShortsAs soon as the aircraft crashed, people ran to the site, and the police started moving everyone back, Bartlett told ABC News. From what he witnessed, he said it appeared a tail rotor broke off from the helicopter.
Bartlett maintained that while the helicopter did not burst into flames, he saw what appeared to be helicopter fuel leak out. “I just was hoping, praying that everyone was OK,” Bartlett told local reporters.
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