4 dead, including child, after helicopter crashes into radio tower in Houston

By America-Today   OCT 22, 2024

Four people are dead, including a child, after a helicopter crashed into a radio

tower in Houston Sunday night, according to authorities.

"This is a tragic event tonight," Houston Police Chief J. Noe Diaz said at a press

conference on Sunday night. "A tragic loss of life."

The helicopter, a Robinson R44, crashed into a radio tower Sunday

while it wasconducting an air tour flight when it crashed,

the National Transportation Safety

Board, NTSB, said in a statement emailed to AMERICA-TODAY.

Four people were onboard the craft when it crashed, according to the Feder

Aviation Administration.