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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 16 Jan 2013

    #Helicopter crashes during morning rush hour near #Vauxhall station in south London, witnesses report - no official confirmation

    12:17 AM - 16 Jan 2013
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    23 replies 1,240 retweets 14 likes
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      2. Simon White‏ @siwhite 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Simon White Retweeted Craig Jenner

        @BBCBreakinghttps://twitter.com/craiglet/status/291458207577153536 …

        Simon White added,

        Craig Jenner @craiglet
        Helicopter just hit our building in vauxhall pic.twitter.com/HbktDNkp
        1 reply 5 retweets 0 likes
      3. Craig Jenner‏ @craiglet 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @siwhite

        @siwhite @bbcbreaking A picture of the crane the helicopter hit..pic.twitter.com/G92wveDW

        8 replies 144 retweets 9 likes
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      1. Dan Hellens‏ @dannyjh69 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking helicopter hits crane in london.pic.twitter.com/JIDaOKsf

        0 replies 3 retweets 1 like
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      1. Jim Knight‏ @LordJimKnight 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking and no traffic or pedestrians allowed near Vauxhall tower

        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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      1. Richey‏ @_Excitable_Boy_ 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Richey Retweeted Quin

        @BBCBreaking bloke on twitter saw it.https://twitter.com/quinmurray/status/291456055060357120 …

        Richey added,

        Quin @QuinMurray
        Helicopter just hit a crane and crashed a few metres in front of me in vauxhall. Completely shaken. pic.twitter.com/2YJvzsp3
        0 replies 3 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Andy Geoghegan‏ @andygeog 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Get Jack Bauer RT: @BBCBreaking #Helicopter crashes during morning rush hour near #Vauxhall station in south London, witnesses report

        0 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
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      1. Simon White‏ @siwhite 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Simon White Retweeted Quin

        @BBCBreakinghttps://twitter.com/QuinMurray/status/291456055060357120 …

        Simon White added,

        Quin @QuinMurray
        Helicopter just hit a crane and crashed a few metres in front of me in vauxhall. Completely shaken. pic.twitter.com/2YJvzsp3
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      1. Luca‏ @BerlinLuca 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking No official confirmation? I am fairly sure it happened though...

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      1. Nour A Ulayyet‏ @NourElcham 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking where are you people ?? Yesterday more than 190 casualties were killed in Aleppo Syria ...

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      1. TERRY‏ @KnowledgekidSE9 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @KnowledgekidSE9: Today's accident at Vauxhall!! government should think twice when cutting emergency services to the bone. 🚒🚓🚑

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      1. Hemant Sallam‏ @sallambaba420 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking no,,,,,,,,,

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      1. なおき Naoki‏ @GloriatibiTri 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        朝のラッシュ時間にロンドン南部ヴォクソールにヘリコプターが墜落。RT @BBCBreaking

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      1. Maja Edgren-Carter‏ @Maja_Carter 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking train conductor is saying it crashed in to Sainsbury's.

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      1. Ian Fleming‏ @ian_sidmouth 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking heliport down there as I recall

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      1. LondonLady11‏ @LondonLady11 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking what a shocker hope there's not too much heatbreak and devastation :( rip to all affected

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      1. annie bull‏ @xanniex58 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking tut tut thats awful i'm just watching it on sky news

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      1. Rob Evans‏ @londonrob100 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking #helicopter crash. Lots of flame and thick black smoke as trains arrive into vauxhall.

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      1.  〽️øυtђ~P!ë¢ë.™‏ @Nana_abeiku 16 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking #Helicopter #Vauxhall (Lord save lives over there) Amen

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