Rock music legend Sammy Hagar has donated $10,000 to a 12-year-old boy who was injured when a helicopter crashed on him in Huntington Beach in October.
Oliver Holland was one of five people who were hospitalized when a Bell 222 helicopter plummeted from the sky and slammed into a pedestrian bridge over the Pacific Coast Highway back on Oct. 11, 2025. He’s still recovering after he was trapped under the wreckage and left with serious injuries that included a collapsed lung and brain bleed.
Family members say he’s rapidly recovering, but the path to a full recovery continues.
“It’s been amazing. He’s just recovered, like everything is back to normal,” said Holland’s sister, Madeline Ashwell. “He’s just a normal kid. He’s like the little brother I had even before the accident, and the accident’s just in the past, and we’re just moving forward.”…