Four feared dead including child in fireball helicopter crash as chopper slams into Houston radio tower & drops from sky
FOUR people are dead in a horror helicopter crash with the chopper smashing into a Houston radio tower and dropping from the sky.
Footage caught by local Texans shows the craft flying along, hitting the high tower, erupting into flames and plunging to the ground.
The chopper, a R44, exploded when it hit the ground and erupted into a massive fireball.
One of the people dead was tragically a child, according to local police.
The Houston Fire Department says the helicopter hit a radio tower in the Second Ward shortly before 8pm, Fox26 reported.
Manuel Arciniega, who was in the area when the crash happened, said: "I just saw the cell tower crumbling down."
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The tower was also destroyed, but no nearby homes were damaged, according to the Houston Fire Department.
The identities of those on board has not yet been released.
Houston Mayor John Whitmire said: "We are fortunate that it wasn't worse, just in terms that there was a butane tank, a gas tank, near the crash scene."
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