Overview
- The NBC4 helicopter crashed while covering a deadly SUV‑bus collision on Tuesday, and firefighters say at least three people were killed and one injured.
- Live aerial footage and reporters at the scene showed wreckage with the tail and rotor deformed and burning.
- NBC4 confirmed it lost contact with its crew and the station has identified two of the dead as its reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw.
- Los Angeles Fire Department officials said one of the people killed appears to have been struck on the ground and that emergency crews remain on site.
- Local coverage notes that TV helicopters commonly carry a two‑person crew and operate in congested skies, a fact likely to shape the ongoing investigations and safety reviews.