Updated 12.40

Investigations are underway after one of Northern Ireland's richest businessmen was killed in a helicopter crash.

Edward Haughey from Rostrevor in County Down was among four people to die in the accident in England.

He served as a member of the Seanad for a time - before being appointed to the House of Lords.

At around 7.30 yesterday evening - a helicopter carrying four people - came down in thick fog in a forest near Gillingham in Norfolk.

The crash happened close to a stately home owned by Northern Irish businessman Edward Haughey - who was among the victims.

The bodies remain at the scene.

Its understood the 70-year-old was returning to County Down at the time.

Edward Haughey - who had the title of Lord Ballyedmond - was Chairman of pharmaceutical company Norbrook Laboratories in Newry - which employs 1,700 people.

Locals in the town are shocked:

In the 1990s - Edward Haughey was appointed to the Seanad - by former taoisigh Albert Reynolds and Bertie Ahern.

Inspector Louis Provart from Norfolk Police says people reported hearing loud noises before the crash:

James Tuttle was working in his yard nearby and describes what he saw when the helicopter came down: