Helicopter crashes into river in US

A helicopter crashed into the Hudson river in New York on Thursday, police said without confirming any fatalities, as marine emergency responders attended the scene.Images showed the chopper’s landing skids protruding from the river beside Manhattan’s West Side Highway as several boats clustered around the impact site.At least four people were retrieved from the water and taken to hospital in New Jersey, the NBC4 broadcaster reported citing law enforcement at the scene.The river is