The aircraft went down in a remote field off Las Virgenes around 10 a.m. Nobody on the ground was hurt.
Retired
NBA
star Kobe Bryant was one of five people killed in a helicopter crash
in Calabasas of southern California on Sunday.
"It
is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Kobe
Bryant and four others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas,"
the City of Calabasas confirmed on its official Twitter account, the
Xinhua news agency reported.
The
aircraft went down in a remote field off Las Virgenes around 10 a.m.
Nobody on the ground was hurt, the city tweeted.
In
a statement, the FAA has said that S-76 helicopter with five people
on board crashed near the Los Angeles suburb of Calabasas under
"unknown circumstances".
Investigators
are trying to determine the cause of the fatal crash. There was dense
fog in the Los Angeles area on Sunday morning.
Five
people were confirmed deceased, no survivors in Calabasas helicopter
crash, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department tweeted.
According
to reports, Bryant was travelling with at least three other people in
his private helicopter when it went down. CNN later confirmed
Bryant's death. He was 41. There has been no word from his family so
far.
Deputies
with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department responded to the
scene near Las Virgenes Road and Willow Glen Street at around 10
a.m., the department tweeted.
Flames
that erupted in the crash have been extinguished. The investigation
is underway.
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