According to local sources, one of the victims is a minor. In addition, in the images you can see a huge flash and the helicopter falling into flames.
Four people died among them a minorafter The helicopter they were traveling in hit a telecommunications tower Sunday night in the center of Houston, southern United Statesthe police reported.
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“What we know is that there were four people on the” private helicopter, including a child, the police chief of Houston, Noé Díaz, at a press conference. The causes of the accident are still under investigation.
In nighttime images apparently recorded by surveillance cameras and domestic recordings, what appears to be the helicopter, which had taken off from a local air base, is seen approaching the tower. Then there is a huge flash and the helicopter plummets into flames.
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Television images showed burning rubble on the ground. “Either the helicopter hit a cable (of those that support the tower) or it hit the tower”Diaz commented.
USA: four people died after a shocking collision between a helicopter and a radio tower
A nearby fire station “heard a loud explosion and reports to 911 of a fireball in the air and the teams went into action. The neighbors are safe and secure but we have a terrible scene,” commented the Houston Mayor John Whitmire.
“We’re lucky it wasn’t worse, because there is a butane gas tank near the accident scene,” added the mayor.
This Monday morning, the lieutenant of the Houston Police, Jonathan Frenchruled out that there were more victims in the neighborhood near the accident, although there were some damaged vehicles. He explained that the debris, scattered for several blocks around, was being collected to continue the investigations.
Houstonin the state of Texasis the fourth largest city in the USA, with 2.3 million inhabitants.
Source: Ambito