Three dead in Los Angeles helicopter crash

Figure caption, 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".

Image source, George Marciniw via CBS News Image caption, Photojournalist Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw