Five hospitalized after helicopter crashes next to Huntington Beach hotel

[ad_1] 5 folks have been hospitalized after a helicopter crash Saturday afternoon in Huntington Seaside.

The Huntington Seaside Police Division and Huntington Seaside Hearth Division responded Saturday to the crash at Pacific Coast Freeway and Huntington Avenue, based on a social media submit from the police division.

Two folks have been pulled from the helicopter, and three folks have been injured on the road, police stated.

A video of the crash posted to social media exhibits the helicopter veering dangerously near a constructing earlier than spinning uncontrolled and diving nose-first right into a stretch of street or sidewalk on the fringe of the seashore.

The video confirmed the chopper crashing onto some palm bushes subsequent to a seaside lodge.

The reason for the crash was unclear.

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(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Occasions)

PCH was closed between Seaside Boulevard and Huntington Avenue, police stated, noting that drivers ought to keep away from the world and use alternate routes.