HANALEI (HawaiiNewsNow) – Crews are responding to a helicopter crash at Kalalau Beach on Kauai, county officials said Thursday.

Crews were dispatched at around 3:45 p.m.

According to a preliminary report, an Airborne Aviation helicopter carrying one pilot and four passengers crashed at the beach, officials said.

Personnel from the Hanalei fire station, Rescue 3 aboard Air 1, U.S. Coast Guard, the Kauai Emergency Management Agency, and the Department of Land and Natural Resources responded to the incident.

Updates will be provided when more information is available.

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