Two people have been confirmed dead and at least nine injured when a helicopter
crashed onto rush hour traffic in central London this morning.
The aircraft plunged to the ground after hitting a crane on top of a tower block next to the River Thames in Vauxhall. Two people were killed instantly at the scene, one of them is believed to be the pilot of the helicopter, and the second fatality is believed to have been on the ground and died after being struck by burning wreckage.
