WASHINGTON TWP., New Jersey - Tragic news - two crew members on board Chopper 6 were killed in a crash on Tuesday night.
A pilot and a photographer were in the helicopter when it went down in Washington Township, New Jersey around 8 p.m, according to WPVI. They were returning from an assignment at the Jersey Shore.
Names of the crew members are not being released at this time they said due to family members being notified of the crash.
According to WPVI, they have been working as part of the Action News team for years.
"Our hearts are just broken for these men. They're broken for their families," reporter Katherine Scott said during a report on Action News. "We just can't believe this has happened."
Pictured: Chopper 6, a 2013 American Eurocopter AS-350A-STAR
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
New Jersey State Park Police say a debris field was located shortly after midnight a few hundred yards from Mullica River Road, in the area of Middle Road and Quaker Bridge Atsion Road.
Chopper 6 was last airborne over Wharton State Forest when it crashed in a remote section of the woods.
The area is part of the New Jersey Pinelands, a million-acre wilderness area that stretches across more than seven counties and features dense woods, rivers and rare plant species.
The National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the crash site at 3:15 a.m. Wednesday and took control of the investigation.
Follow along for more updates on the crash here.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and loved ones of those tragically killed in this crash in addition to the entire Action News team.