Helicopter Crash Into Newport Beach Home Kills Three

Three people were killed and two injured Tuesday afternoon when a helicopter that had taken off from nearby John Wayne Airport crashed up against a house in a neighborhood on the northeast end of Upper Newport Bay. Four people were aboard the helicopter, with an adult bystander on the ground outside the house the fifth affected by the crash, said authorities, who declined to release other details of the casualties. Newport Beach fire officials said they got the first call at 1:51 p.m. about a helicopter clipping a corner house at Egret Court and Shearwater Place.