A helicopter spun out of control and crashed into a pedestrian bridge along Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach on Saturday afternoon, horrifying nearby beachgoers and sending five people to the hospital.

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The crash was reported just after 2 p.m. Oct. 11 across the street from the oceanfront Hyatt resort, when the chopper began to spiral and then slammed into a stairwell leading to a bridge that connects a beachfront parking lot to the hotel.

A Cars ‘N Copters on the Coast event was scheduled for the area on Sunday, and a “helicopter landing party” was underway on Saturday.

Two people in the helicopter and three people on the street – including, reportedly, a child – were transported to a hospital.

Video footage obtained by news freelancer OnScene.TV, below, show

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