Los Angeles, Jumada I 14, 1439, January 31, 2018, SPA -- Three people are dead after a helicopter crashed in a residential area of Newport Beach in the US state of California, police said Tuesday, according to dpa. The helicopter was carrying four people when it came to ground, local police said on Twitter. A bystander was also involved in the accident, authorities said. It was not reported whether the three people killed were aboard the helicopter or if the bystander was among the fatalities. Video footage of the accident scene, posted online by broadcaster CBS, showed the mangled helicopter wreck on a footpath, resting up against a damaged home. The accident happened about 1.6 kilometres south-east of Orange County's John Wayne Airport, officials said on Twitter. The coastal community of Newport Beach is located 70 kilometres south of Los Angeles. Three men died in 2010 when their single-engine airplane crashed into Upper Newport Bay while returning from Mexico. --SPA 03:55 LOCAL TIME 00:55 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w599835