Helicopter crashes into Hudson River near Manhattan

A helicopter has crashed in the Hudson River near Manhattan, the New York Police Department has said.

There were four people onboard the helicopter, Sky's US partner NBC News reports, adding one person has been pulled from the water but their condition is not known.

The New York Fire Department said it received a report of a helicopter in the water at 3.17pm local time (8.17pm UK time). It has units on the scene performing rescue operations, it added.

A man who saw the crash said "the chopper blade flew off".

"I don't know what happened to the tail, but it just straight up dropped," Avi Rakesh told NBC News.

The crash took place in the river near the Holland tunnel, which links lower Manhattan with Jersey City to its west, and Pier 40, a multiuse facility with sports fields, tourist party boats and a large car park.

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