of helicopter crashes on los angeles highway. pilot killed.

Helicopter crashes onto freeway: A helicopter crashed on the southbound lanes of Highway 110 in south Los Angeles. The pilot was killed. Debris was scattered across several hundred yards of the freeway.

The helicopter went down Friday night on the southbound lanes of Highway 110 in south Los Angeles, said Ron Myers, the city's fire department spokesman. The aircraft was burning when fire crews arrived. One body was pulled from the charred fuselage. The victim's identity was not immediately released. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Bruce Nelson said the helicopter was a two-seated Robinson R22. Investigators from the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board were at the scene of the crash.