Police officers looking for missing child die in helicopter crash

A police helicopter flying low on a night-time search for a missing nine-year-old child has crashed near a major Atlanta intersection, killing the two officers aboard on impact.

Police spokesman Carlos Campos confirmed the deaths and said no-one was hurt on the ground in an area streets from a busy east-west artery, Interstate 20, and in a neighbourhood populated by fast-food restaurants, stores, a major pharmacy and a light rail commuter station.