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Helicopter Crash Kills 4 in Canada

by Jarrett Martineau | May 13, 2008 at 10:47 pm | 339 views | 1 comment

A helicopter crash in Cranbrook, BC, east of Vancouver, killed 3 passengers on board and struck and killed a civilian on the ground.

A helicopter plunged to the ground and burst into flames in a residential neighborhood in western Canada on Tuesday, killing the three people aboard and one person on the ground, officials said.

The aircraft flew over central Cranbrook for a few minutes before plummeting, striking and dragging a pedestrian below as it came down, witness Elmer Bautz said.

The "pedestrian walking on the street across from me," Bautz said.

The Bell 206 Jet Ranger left a trail of flames and wreckage as it skidded for several yards along a street in Cranbrook, 500 miles east of Vancouver.

Bill Yearwood, a spokesman for Canada's Transportation Safety Board, said the pilot, two passengers in the helicopter and a pedestrian were killed. He said investigators were trying to determine the cause of the crash.

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Like the rest of the world cares about local news.  Thats for cutting and pasting out of the regular Canwest Global machine.

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May 13, 2008 at 10:47 pm by Jarrett Martineau, 339 views, 1 comment

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