An Orange County 12-year-old was recovering at his family's home Friday after being critically injured in a helicopter crash in Huntington Beach.

Oliver Holland was pinned under the helicopter when it crashed Oct. 11 in a beach parking lot, injuring five people. The sixth grader was discharged from the hospital last Tuesday and shared his excitement to go back to school with his friends.

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Holland had been in a medically induced coma until he woke up over the weekend on his 12th birthday after surgeries for a collapsed lung and bleeding in his brain.

The helicopter went down next to the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa at 21500 Pacific Coast Highway. Part of the heavily damaged helicopter came to

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