At least two people are reportedly dead after a helicopter crashed into a crane in Vauxhall Central London and forming thick balls of flames as it plummet into the ground at a very busy hour.
According to reports from eye witnesses, they saw a “massive ball of flames” and heard a deafening “explosion” the minute the helicopter crashed into the ground scattering its remains all over the place.
The police has stated that the accident resulted to the death of two people as well as the pilot. All three deaths took place at the scene of the disaster. About nine other people are said to be suffering casualties from the incident. While 8 of them are suffering from minor injuries, one of them is siad to be in a critically ill condition.
According to a London Ambulance spokesman, “We have now taken four patients to hospital – two to St Thomas’ and 2 to King’s College Hospital. A further four other patients are being treated at the scene for shock.”
“I heard a big crash and I looked up. “There was a massive ball of flames. It is chaos. I just saw the helicopter hit the floor,” Aaron Cane, an eyewitness told BBC Radio Five Live.
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