(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/2013/January/130115/130116-london-crash-fire-5a.photoblog600.jpg)Courtesy Nic WalkerA fire burns after a helicopter crashed in south London Wednesday.By Ian Johnston and Alastair Jamieson, NBC NewsLONDON -- Two people were killed and nine others injured when a helicopter apparently hit a crane atop a skyscraper and then crashed on a street in the U.K. capital Wednesday morning, police said.
The crash happened at 8 a.m. local time (3 a.m. ET) in the South Lambeth area of London.
"At this early stage, it appears the helicopter was in collision with a crane on the top of a building," a spokeswoman for London's Metropolitan Police said.
She said that two people were "confirmed dead at the scene." One person was taken to a nearby hospital in a "critical condition," three others were taken to a hospital with minor injuries while five people were treated at the scene for minor injuries, she added.
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