Four people, including a child, were killed after a helicopter carrying them crashed into a radio tower in Houston, the largest city of the US state of Texas, Houston Mayor John Whitmire confirmed.

A helicopter crashed into a radio tower Sunday night in Houston, Texas, killing multiple people, including a child. The FAA is leading the investigation.

Officials say four people aboard a tour helicopter were killed when it crashed into a radio tower in Houston and burst into flames, causing a large grass fire.

The authorities said a child was among several who died onboard. It was not immediately clear if any of the three other people in the helicopter survived.

A helicopter crash has killed four passengers, including a child, in the southern US city of Houston, authorities said, with the accident also destroying a radio transmission tower.

Houston authorities are investigating a helicopter that might have crashed into a radio tower, killing four people on board, including a child.

Houston helicopter crash in Second Ward kills four, including a child, prompting emergency response and investigation.

There were no casualties on the ground, but there were “multiple fatalities” reported on board and a child was among the victims, J Noe Diaz, Houston’s chief of police, said at a news conference.

Multiple people died as a helicopter struck a radio tower in Houston on Sunday night and sparked a large fire, authorities said.

The moment a private helicopter burst into flames while crashing into a radio tower in Houston was captured on surveillance footage.

The R44 helicopter struck a radio tower just before 8pm local time in the city's Second Ward area.

In a tragic incident on Sunday evening, four people, including a child, lost their lives when a privately owned R44 helicopter collided with a radio tower in Houston, Texas. The crash occurred shortly after the helicopter took off from Ellington Field, located approximately 15 miles from the site of the accident, at around 7:45 PM […]

Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Officials surveying the aftermath of a deadly helicopter crash in Houston on Sunday are looking into the possibility that the aircraft struck a radio tower because its warning lights were not working.

Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Multiple people, including a child, are dead after a private helicopter crashed into a Houston radio tower Sunday night, according to authorities and officials.