Overview

• Police said two people were pulled from the helicopter and three pedestrians were injured, with all five taken to hospitals and their conditions undisclosed.
• The crash was reported just after 2 p.m. near the Cars ’N Copters on the Coast site along Pacific Coast Highway in front of the Waterfront/Hyatt resort area.
• Bystander videos show the aircraft at low altitude before spinning and becoming wedged between palm trees and a building next to a beach parking lot.
• The City of Huntington Beach said the FAA and NTSB have been notified, and investigators are working to determine the cause.
• Reporting identifies the helicopter as a 1980 Bell 222, tail number N222EX, linked to Eric Nixon in registry records, and authorities closed PCH between Huntington Street and Beach Boulevard during the response.