Video: California helicopter crash in Huntington beach injures five; area sealed off

An investigation is ongoing after a helicopter crashed near an intersection in Huntington Beach, California, on Saturday afternoon, injuring several people, ABC News reported. Multiple videos shared on social media showed the plane crashing at PCH and Huntington Street. Debris is wedged between trees and the front of the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

Details are still emerging, but initial dispatch information from the California Highway Patrol indicates the crash occurred around 2:09 p.m., near Cars ‘N Copters at the Coast event area in front of the Waterfront Beach Resort.

Accordingly Huntington Beach policeThe two people in the helicopter were rescued safely from under the rubble in an unknown way. Police reported that three people were injured on the street. All five people were hospitalized. The area has been sealed off, the outlet reported. The cause of the accident is not yet known.

This is an evolving story.