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News helicopter crashes in Seattle

March 18, 2014

News Chopper Crash

A news helicopter crashed into a street and burst into flames Tuesday near Seattle’s Space Needle, killing both people on board, badly injuring a man in a car and sending plumes of black smoke over the city during the morning commute. The chopper was taking off from a helipad on KOMO-TV’s roof when it went down at a downtown intersection and hit three vehicles, setting hem on fire and spewing burning fuel down the street. In this image made from video provided by KOMO-TV, smoke rises from the scene of a news helicopter crash outside the KOMO-TV studios near the space needle in Seattle, March 18. (AP Photo/Courtesy KOMO-TV)