Three people were killed and one person was rushed to a hospital from a helicopter crash in Chatsworth Tuesday.
One of the people killed was on the ground, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed the helicopter that crashed was from a television station. NBC4 reported it was unable to make contact with its helicopter crew, which was covering the collision between and SUV and Metro bus near the site of the helicopter crash that left three dead.
Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched at 6:57 p.m. to 9151 Mason Ave., near Nordhoff Street, the LAFD reported.
The helicopter crash ignited a fire exposing four vehicles, said Jennifer Middleton of the Los Angeles Fire Department. The fire was extinguished.
Four automobiles and two storage containers were damaged by the fire, Middleton said.
Paramedics rushed one person to hospital, she said. That person’s condition was not immediately known.