Firefighter helicopter crashes in Riverside County

BREAKING NEWS IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY A FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER HAS CRASHED IN THE DESERT TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT CAUSED IT TO >> KAREEN WRECK THIS CRASH HAPPENED AS FIREFIGHTERS ON BOARD WERE RESPONDING TO A BRUSH FIRE HERE IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY AROUND 07:20PM TONIGHT. I'M TOLD THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENTAL COLLISION BETWEEN 2 CHOPPERS MID AIR AND WE HAVE SEEN THE CORONER ARRIVED ON SCENE AND SO UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN ASSUME THAT FATALITIES ARE INVOLVED WERE NOT ABLE TO SEE THE ACTUAL AIRCRAFT OR THE CRASH SITE FROM WHERE WE'RE STANDING BUT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE THESE AMBULANCES HERE BEHIND US AS YOU MENTION THIS IS A REMOTE AREA IN CABINS ON NOT FAR FROM THE MORONGO CASINO RESORT AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE THIS CRASH HAPPENED NEAR THE AREA OF PIPELINE ROAD AT APACHE TRAIL ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE SOME VIDEO TO SHOW YOU OF THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THIS CRASH. FIRE CREWS WERE BATTLING A 20 ACRE FIRE CALLED THE BROADWAY FIRE AT THE TIME THE HELICOPTER, I'M TOLD CONTRACTS WITH CAL FIRE TO BATTLE ACTIVE FIRES ALL AROUND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IT WAS EITHER ON ROUTE OR ACTIVELY BATTLING THIS PARTICULAR FIRE. IT'S UNKNOWN. HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD THE CHOPPER. AND HOW MANY PEOPLE MAY HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF THIS CRASH. THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THIS CRASH ARE UNKNOWN AND THE DETAILS RIGHT NOW ARE VERY LIMITED BACK OUT HERE LIVE YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THOSE EMERGENCY VEHICLES LEAVING THE SCENE RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL PROBABLY GET A BETTER LOOK OF AIRCRAFT AND THE CRASH SITE TOMORROW MORNING WE ARE ANTICIPATING A PRESS CONFERENCE AT MIDNIGHT AT THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY. FIRE STATION AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE LEARNING MUCH MORE ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THIS CRASH.

Channel: KTLA 5

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Keywords: video, news

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Length: 2min 29sec (149 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 07 2023