Oliver Holland is the child who was hospitalized after a helicopter crashed on him at Huntington Beach.[VIDEO]

According to his sister, Oliver Holland is currently brain dead as a result of helicopter injuries.

According to media accounts, an aviation celebrity known for his death-defying feats was the owner, pilot, and one of five persons injured after a helicopter crashed amid oceanfront hotels in Huntington Beach on Sunday.

Jerry Miller of Redlands confirmed over the phone that his son-in-law, Eric Nixon, was piloting the helicopter when it crashed, according to the Orange County Register.

“He’s in the hospital with some broken ribs, crushed vertebrae and several bruises,” Miller told the Register.

The Mirror US described Nixon as “a self-styled aviation enthusiast known to thousands online for his heart-stopping stunts – [who] has spent years posting footage of himself performing jaw-dropping maneuvers across the skies of the American West.”

In addition to Nixon and another person in the helicopter with him, a child and two adults were injured on the ground. All five were hospitalized, but no information was released about their injuries.

Authorities have not identified any of the people injured in the crash, which occurred at 2:09 p.m. on the 21000 block of Pacific Coast Highway in a beach parking lot between Twin Dolphins Drive and Beach Boulevard.


Videos from the scene, taken by bystanders, showed the helicopter spinning until it wound up lodged in palm trees near a hotel where the Waterfront Beach Resort and Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa are located.

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