3 dead, 2 injured as helicopter crashes in to Southern California home

Authorities say three people are dead after a small helicopter crashed into a home near a Southern California airport.

Two other people were injured when the Robinson R44 smashed into the side of the home in Newport Beach at about 1:45 p.m. Tuesday.

1:45 Two of the three passengers in the fatal Hydro One helicopter crash were not wearing seatbelts: Transportation Safety Board

• Two of the three passengers in the fatal Hydro One helicopter crash were not wearing seatbelts: Transportation Safety Board
• Vigil for Hydro One workers killed in helicopter crash
• Investigators confirm helicopter crashed during landing
• Weather not considered a factor in Hydro One helicopter crash: TSB
• ‘Construction crew’ were victims in helicopter crash: Hydro One
• Hydro One remembers 4 workers killed in helicopter crash in eastern Ontario
• Hydro One helicopter crash in eastern Ontario leaves four dead
• 4 Hydro workers killed In Ontario helicopter crash

Previous Video

Next Video

Newport Beach fire Capt. Chip Duncan says it’s unclear whether the three people who were killed were on board the four-seat chopper.

An eyewitness tells KCAL-TV that he saw the pilot lying injured but alive on the grass and there were three other people inside the wreckage.

There was no fire and it’s unclear whether anybody was in the home.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the helicopter had taken off from John Wayne Airport. The airport is about a mile from the crash site.