Two people killed, one injured in flamy news helicopter crash near Seattle’s Space Needle

By Daily Mail Reporter 15:Ten BST eighteen Mar 2014, updated 22:14 BST eighteen Mar two thousand fourteen

• KOMO News/King five news helicopter went down at 7.40am PT on Broad Street in Seattle after allegedly hitting the side of the building housing the news station
• Victims identified as cameraman Bill Strothman, 62, and pilot Gary Pfitzner, 59
• Motorist Richard Newman, 38, suffered burns to twenty per cent of his bod when his car was struck by falling copter
• Injured victim was able to climb out of his searing car and was seen running with his sleeve on fire
• Eyewitness suggested the helicopter may have gotten entangled in cables before taking a nose dive to the street

A news helicopter for KOMO-TV has crashed outside its station near the Seattle Space Needle, killing a veteran photojournalist and a pilot, and leaving another man with severe burns. Continue reading Seattle helicopter crash leaves two people killed, one injured near Space Needle, Daily Mail Online