Bystanders in Huntington Beach rescue a child in a helicopter crash

New video captured the moment bystanders ran to help a young boy trapped under the rubble The helicopter that crashed Near California Beach on Saturday.

The terrifying clip shows the Bell 22SP helicopter he is operating Daredevil pilot Eric Nixon It spun out of control around 2 p.m. at a Cars N Copters event in Huntington Beach, footage shows Obtained by KTLA-TV He appears.

Bystanders on the ground scramble for cover as the helicopter crashes on steps on the seaside – before a young girl is seen looking at the wreckage and running away in horror.

As they approached the wreckage, the child, whose family identified him as Oliver Holland, He looks at him trapped underneath himTwo men rush to his aid before the video ends, the outlet reported.

Nixon later Posted on Instagram He and his passenger were not seriously injured, while two adults and a child were injured and taken to the hospital. The extent of their injuries could not immediately be determined.

The authorities did not officially identify the passenger, Holland, or the other injured people on the ground.

“We are praying for a safe recovery and can’t say anything else,” his sister wrote on a GoFundMe page to help pay for his medical expenses. “We don’t know what will happen.

“Oliver was enjoying his day at the beach when suddenly a helicopter malfunctioned and crashed into him. He is currently in hospital receiving surgery; he suffered a collapsed lung and a brain bleed.”

The site had raised more than $30,000 to cover the boy’s medical expenses by Sunday evening.

Witnesses told KTLA that the helicopter’s rotor separated from the helicopter, causing it to spin.

“It was going weird,” passerby Jackson Eichert said. Orange County Register. “I thought to myself, ‘Well, I wonder if this is a hoax or not.’ Then I saw it spin faster, and I said, “No, this thing is crashing.”

“First the tail rotor went off. Next thing I knew, I saw something that looked like it hit the main rotor blade.”

The National Transportation Safety Board is now investigating the accident.