INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Five people were killed when a helicopter crashed into the East River of New York City on Sunday evening, police say.
Divers worked desperately to pull the five passengers from the helicopter but two of them died at the scene while the other three died in hospital.
The pilot managed to free himself and was rescued by a passing tugboat.
The helicopter, which had been chartered for a photo shoot, crashed near Roosevelt Island.
Police commissioner James O'Neill told reporters it had been privately leased by a group of photographers.
