Multiple fatalities, including a child, reported after helicopter crashes into radio tower near downtown Houston, officials sayAccording to city officials, the helicopter came from Ellington and crashed a little before 8 p.m.Lupita Villarreal | Published: 8:38 PM CDT October 20, 2024 | Updated: 11:12 PM CDTHOUSTON — A helicopter crashed into a radio tower, killing multiple, including a child, near downtown Houston Sunday night, according to the Houston Fire Department.
HFD received a report around 7:55 p.m. of the crash near Engelke Street near Ennis Street and Navigation Boulevard, causing the fire to break out.
Houston Mayor John Whitmire, HFD Chief Thomas Muñoz, HPD Chief Noe Diaz and DPS gathered for a news conference following the crash.
Officials confirmed all four people, including a child, died in the crash. Their names and ages have not been released.
The helicopter was an R44 private aircraft coming from Ellington.
No outside structures were damaged. According to officials, the fire burned about 100 to 200 yards of grass near the site of the radio tower. . . .
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