{"id":48420,"date":"2025-10-12T02:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=48420"},"modified":"2025-10-12T04:13:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T09:13:06","slug":"5-hospitalized-after-helicopter-crashes-in-huntington-beach-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=48420","title":{"rendered":"5 hospitalized after helicopter crashes in Huntington Beach, California"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Five people were injured and rushed to hospitals after a helicopter crashed in Huntington Beach, California, on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The helicopter came down around 2 p.m. local time in a beach parking lot between Twin Dolphins Drive and Beach Boulevard, according to city officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Videos taken by bystanders showed the wreckage lodged in palm trees near a hotel.<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/dramatic-video-shows-bystanders-lift-helicopter-crashed-california\/story?id=126345327\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Two people were pulled from the helicopter wreckage and three others on the ground were hurt, a city of Huntington Beach spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The victims were all taken to area hospitals in unknown conditions, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The city said in a news release the helicopter was associated with a &#8220;Cars and Copters&#8221; event scheduled for Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There&#8217;s no word yet on a cause of the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have been notified, the city said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Timothy Bartlett said he was filming a TikTok video of helicopters landing when he captured the moment of the crash.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;I was stunned,&#8221; Bartlett&nbsp;said. &#8220;As soon as I saw it spinning, I knew it was going to crash because it just didn&#8217;t look right, and I knew something was wrong.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">People ran to the site of the crash and police started moving everyone back, Bartlett told ABC News. From what he witnessed, he said it appeared a tail rotor broke off from the helicopter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Bartlett&nbsp;said that while the helicopter did not burst into flames, he saw what appeared to be helicopter fuel leak out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;I just was hoping, praying that everyone was OK,&#8221; Bartlett&nbsp;said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/5-hospitalized-after-helicopter-crashes-huntington-beach-california\/story?id=126437750\">abcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five people were injured and rushed to hospitals after a helicopter crashed in Huntington Beach, California, on Saturday. The helicopter came down around 2 p.m. local time in a beach parking lot between Twin Dolphins Drive and Beach Boulevard, according to city officials. 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