Three people died when a news helicopter crashed in Los Angeles, according to irishtimes.com. The aircraft had been providing coverage for NBCLA and Telemundo 52, NBC Los Angeles reports.
The BBC identifies two of the dead as journalist Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw. The name of the third victim was not included in the reporting available.
NBC News reports the helicopter went down while it was covering a deadly collision involving a bus in Los Angeles. Further details of the crash itself were not provided in the source material.
The helicopter was operating in a newsgathering role for the two Southern California outlets at the time of the incident, per NBC Los Angeles.
Coverage of the crash appeared across multiple outlets, including the BBC, NBC News, NBC Los Angeles, irishtimes.com and the Irish Independent, all of which reported three fatalities.
What to watch next: officials have not yet released a cause for the crash, and updates on the investigation are expected.