Emergency crews responded to reports of a downed helicopter in Huntington Beach on Saturday.

Video captured by a beachgoer showed a helicopter at a low altitude Saturday over the beach as visitors watched in confusion. As the video goes on, the helicopter spins down to the ground, crashing in the 21500 block of Pacific Coast Highway. Several palm trees appeared to have broken the fall.

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It’s unclear what caused the aircraft to crash.

Two people aboard the helicopter were safely pulled from the wreckage, police said. Three people on the ground were injured in the crash; all five people hurt in the incident have been hospitalized. The severity of their injuries is unclear.

The investigation is ongoing.

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