One police officer died and another is in critical condition after a law-enforcement helicopter crashed in California’s Newport Beach Saturday night.
The helicopter crashed near West Balboa Boulevard and 18th Street, according to Newport Beach Police Department spokeswoman Heather Rangel.
Security footage from a nearby resident shows the helicopter spinning and losing altitude, and aerial footage from KTLA’s Sky5 showed the helicopter to be submerged in water a few yards offshore.
Joseph Thore, who was barbecuing nearby, witnessed the crash. “You could tell that it was in trouble and it looked like it was losing control, looked like it was spiraling a bit,” he said.
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