Journalist and pilot among three killed after news helicopter crashes in LA

Moment NBC anchors confirm their helicopter crash Photojournalist Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw have been named as being among three people killed after an NBC Los Angeles helicopter crashed in the city's suburbs, the station has confirmed. NBC Los Angeles said its NewsChopper4, which also operated for Telemundo 52, was in the area on Tuesday reporting on a deadly bus crash which killed two people. Fire officials said an unidentified pedestrian was also killed, and two others were taken to hospital. Tributes, including from the local news community, have started to come in led by the station's hosts, who called the victims "valued friends and colleagues". One CBS editor said their "hearts are shattered". "That helicopter community is a small group of people, and it's just devastating to know that this has happened to one of those people, to our friends and our colleagues at NBC4," said Mike Rogers, CBS Los Angeles assignment editor.

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