Basketball star Kobe Bryant was reported dead in a helicopter crash in Calabasas on Sunday morning 26th January 2020.

According to reports, the LA Lakers icon was travelling with three others in a private aircraft when it came down in Calabasas near LA, California.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B70kfKoJwYW/?utm_source=ig_embed

 

The incident reportedly happened this morning but the news just started spreading on all credible websites across the internet landscape.

However, there is a new development to the story and has it that, nine people were on board the Sikorsky S76 (The helicopter they were in) when something went wrong just before Sunday the morning reportedly 10 am.

the footage shows the helicopter’s flight path shows it going from Orange County to the San Fernando Valley and then hovering over the Glendale area as it waited for clearance to travel through the Valley to Calabasas. The tracking ends at the crash site in Calabasas.

The victims were all reportedly headed to an AAU game when the crash happened. In addition to Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant other revealed persons were on board.

The head baseball coach at Orange Coast College John Altobelli his wife Keri Altobelli and daughter Alyssa Altobelli were also on board.

Sarah Chester and her middle school-aged daughter Payton Chester were also on board on the helicopter piloted by Ara Zobayan.

Christiana Mauser was a basketball coach at Harbor Day School in Newport Beach, where Kobe’s daughter Gianna attended school. Mauser’s husband says he and his kids are devastated.