Train services suspended, chopper crashes into crane
January 16, 2013  14:20
Update on the chopper crash in London.

Fire and rescue services said they were taking "lots of emergency calls" as eyewitnesses described seeing grey smoke towering into the sky, close to Battersea bridge.

A spokesman for London fire brigade was unable to give details but said: "We are taking lots of emergency calls at the moment."

A Met police spokesman said: "We had a call at approximately 8am this morning and we are dealing with an incident."We are still waiting for some further details at the moment."

Witnesses took to Twitter to report details.One said the helicopter appeared to have hit a crane.Another said it crashed close to a railway line.One user posted a dramatic photograph showing burning wreckage in the road. The fire brigade said on Twitter: "We're attending reports of a helicopter crash near Wandsworth Road in South Lambeth."
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