<p class="speakable">Two people aboard a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southeast/north-carolina" _mce_href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southeast/north-carolina" target="_blank">North Carolina</a>&nbsp;TV news helicopter were killed Tuesday after the chopper crashed in Charlotte.</p> <p class="speakable">The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said the crash happened just after noon, prompting authorities to shut down the southbound lanes on Interstate 77.&nbsp;</p> <p>No vehicles were involved, police said.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Federal Aviation Administration said a Robinson R44 h<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/disasters" _mce_href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/disasters" target="_blank">elicopter crashed</a>&nbsp;near the freeway and Nations Ford Road and that two people were on board. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.&nbsp;</p> <p>Local news station WBTV said its Sky 3 helicopter crashed with pilot Chip Tayag and meteorologist Jason Myers on board. Both were killed.&nbsp;</p> <p>"The WBTV family is grieving a terrible loss," the station said in a statement.</p>