of the pub filled with friday night revelers in glasgow, in scotland. a local member of parliament, jim murphy, said he arrived moments after the crash. most of the helicopter appeared to be inside the pub. there was only part of it protruding from the top. reporter: murphy says he saw at least ten people who were injured, including people who were struggling with consciousness, and others with bleeding wounds to the head. christina o neil, who saw the crash from her apartment across the street, said she heard what sounded like a low-flying airplane. back in for a couple of seconds, and then i heard a massive crash. reporter: after the sounds of the impact, she saw smoke and people running from the pub. one witness, who was inside, reported not hearing the crash, because there was a band play g playing, and all of a sudden, there was a whooshing sound and a lot of dust that came down from the ceiling.
playing, and all of a sudden, there was a whooshing sound and a lot of dust that came down from the ceiling. then more of the ceiling fell, and people started running out. hours after the crash, the helicopter bearing the word police on its damaged tale was still smoldering. there were three people on board, two police officers, and a civilian pilot. people remain trapped inside the one-story pub. urban search and rescue specialists are working to make the bar safe so firefighters can get to the victims still trapped, says the scottish fire and rescue service. the british prime minister, david cameron, tweeted about the situation saying, my thoughts are with everyone affected by the helicopter crash in glasgow, and the emergency services working tonight. and tonight, the helicopter remains shrouded in the tarpaulin. the rescue workers are being very careful how they handle the scene.
cristina o neal who saw the crash from her apartment across the street said she heard what sounded like a low-flying apartment. i heard a couple and then a massive crash. reporter: after the sound of the impact, she saw smoke and people running from the pub. one witness who was inside reported not hearing the crash because there was a band playing. and all of a sudden, there was a whooshing sound. and a lot of dust that came down from the ceiling. and then more of the ceiling fell. and people started running out. hours after the crash and the helicopter bearing the word police on its damaged tail was still smolder. there were four people on board. two police officers and a pilot. they re making it safe 0 so firefighters can get to the victims still trapped says the scottish fire and rescue
the top. reporter: murphy said he saw at least ten people who were injured. including people who were struggling with consciousness and others with bleeding wounds to the head. cristina o neal who saw the crash from her apartment across the street said she heard what sounded like a low-flying airplane. i could hear a couple and then a massive crash. reporter: after the sound of the impact she saw smoke and people running from the pub. one witness who was inside reported not hearing the crash because there was a band playing. and all of a sudden, there was a whooshing sound. and a lot of dust that came down from the ceiling. then more of the ceiling fell. and people started running out. hours after the crash and the helicopter bearing the word police on its damaged tail was still smoldering. there were three people on board. two police officers and a civilian pilot. people remained trapped inside the one-story pub.