Colleen Williams

“We knew it was a news chopper, we knew we’d lost contact with our people out there, and we’ve just received the confirmation that, in fact, NewsChopper4 went down just before 7 o’clock tonight in Chatsworth,”

Colleen Williams · said 2026-09-16 · reported 2026-09-16

Anchor Colleen Williams announced on the air Tuesday night that NewsChopper4 had gone down in Chatsworth.

“We knew it was a news chopper. We knew we'd lost contact with our people out there, and we've just received confirmation,”

Colleen Williams · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-16

During emotional live coverage, NBC4 anchor Colleen Williams confirmed the station's helicopter had crashed after contact was lost.

“We’re going to take a couple of minutes to think about that, to process and to regroup,”

Colleen Williams · said 2026-09-16 · reported 2026-09-16

Williams added emotionally on air Tuesday night that the team needed time to process the news.