The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) reported the accident occurred after 5 p.m. on 15/9 on Nordhoff Street at De Soto Avenue in Chatsworth. The cause of the accident is under investigation. Rescue teams had to extricate multiple passengers trapped in the wreckage and assess the health of all bus occupants.

The scene of the accident involving an SUV and a bus. Video: ABC7

At the scene, one victim died on the bus, and another was ejected and also died. Paramedics rushed six injured individuals to the hospital, with two in critical condition. A representative from the Metro transportation authority later confirmed the SUV driver also died.

Aerial images showed the SUV was almost perpendicularly embedded deep into the bus's left side. Rescue crews used specialized equipment to separate the two vehicles and extract trapped victims.

The SUV after being removed from the bus, heavily damaged and crumpled. Photo: NBC LA

While rescue teams were operating at the scene, an NBC Los Angeles news helicopter unexpectedly crashed several blocks away and caught fire, killing three people aboard and sending at least one person on the ground to the hospital.

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