Multiple people killed after helicopter crashes into radio tower in Houston

A chopper crashed into a vigor operation Sunday nighttime successful Houston, Texas, leaving aggregate radical dead, including a child, according to officials.

The Houston Fire Department said the incidental happened successful the city’s Greater East End vicinity astatine 7:54 p.m. The backstage craft with 4 radical onboard either struck a cablegram coming from the operation oregon really struck the tower, Houston Police Chief J. Noe Diaz said astatine a quality conference, according to The New York Times.

There were nary casualties connected the ground, Diaz said.

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A chopper crashed into a vigor operation successful Houston, Texas. (Houston Fire Department)

It was not instantly known if each 4 radical onboard the helicopter had died. Officials said they did not cognize the property of the deceased child.

Fire officials said a blaze the size of 2 to 3 blocks started successful a writer tract aft the vigor operation collapsed. No different structures connected the crushed were impacted by the crash.

Houston politician John Whitmire said the incidental was "tragic" but that "it is fortunate it wasn't worse," arsenic a state vessel adjacent the country and homes successful the country were not impacted.

Multiple people, including a child, were killed successful the crash. (Houston Fire Department)

The operation "is surrounded by residents and that's wherever we were precise fortunate that it didn't topple successful 1 absorption oregon another," helium said. "The fireball was beauteous overmuch isolated."

The politician said determination were immoderate powerfulness outages for residents adjacent the scene, but the fig of radical impacted and however agelong they volition person outages was not instantly known.

Some residents told The New York Times the clang shook their homes and felt similar an earthquake. One nonmigratory said an detonation past occurred and the lights successful his location concisely flickered connected and off.

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There were nary casualties connected the ground. (Houston Fire Department)

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City assembly subordinate Mario Castillo said connected the societal media level X that helium was monitoring the helicopter crash and that it was a "private touring helicopter" alternatively than 1 that belonged to the Houston Police Department.

The incidental remains nether investigation. The Federal Aviation Administration is starring the probe into the crash.