no. as you see right here, this is komo tv s station. and in the center of the screen now, this is the helipad. and the station reported it was lifting off and they might have hit the side of the building yeah, they call that the komo pad. and crashed right here. this is broad street. it hit two cars and a pickup truck on broad street. if you look how close that is to the space needle. just about a right across the street. two-minute walk. and it s my understanding that one person from the ground was taken to the hospital critical and that both people in the chopper were killed. broad street going to be closed at least into the night and the space needle closed all day too. correct. that s what i m hearing last. some awful stuff out of there. our best to our friends at komo. one witness say he was on the 22nd floor of a nearby building when he saw that chopper. look here. it did a counterturn, or clockwi clockwise turn, maybe 80 degrees, and then went off and then the
come up and about 55 feet of gasoline fire. other witnesses say they saw a man running from one ll of the cars with his sleeve on fire. officers at the scene reportedly put out those flames. a hospital spokesman says the man suffered severe burns. the feds say they re investigating what may have caused this crash. and we expect more information later this afternoon. komo television has identified the man who died, the pilot gary fitsner. the other man was bill strofman, a former long-time komo photographer who had at the time been working for the helicopter s leasing company. and again, all the best to our colleagues and friends in seattle. there s words a ukrainian service member is dead now after gun nen stormed a military base in crimea. this is brand new. the ukrainian defense ministry now tells fox news the gunmen were wearing outfits similar to those of the russian military. they tried to negotiate with ukrainian commanders. then they started shooting. the defense ministry te
appreciate your insight as always. thank you so much. thank you. there has been a helicopter crash in seattle literally just yards away from the famed space needle. the latest information we get is actually from the helicopter tv station that operated this chopper. and they say it was in fact their chopper. komo television in seattle. it crashed as we say, just a few yards away from the space needle and according to komo struck two cars on the ground. there you see the wreckage of at least one car. there is no word now on the fate of the crew that was inside that helicopter. king 5 television, a competitor says they cooperate this helicopter. we don t know if any king personnel were involved in this. obviously a horrific crash of a helicopter crashed into the
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deadly at the hajj. there s break news now on fox news channel. washington. news oust seattle which gretchen reported on. now we know it is much worse than first thought. a deadly crash between a duck boat and a chartered bus. the fire department now reports at least two people are dead, and nine people critical on this we re told at least 50 people total hurt. according to witnesses a duck boat slammed into the side of a tour bus you see here. part of the tour bus caved in. the picture shows the scene covered in broken glass and now blood and a tire ripped from the axle. a briefing expected any moment now. again, a tragedy in seattle. these live pictures from komo television, our network news service affiliate. what appears to bewo dead, nine critical, and up to 50 injured in a horrible crash.