Authorities are investigating the crash of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department rescue helicopter that left six people injured in mountains northeast of downtown LA
This ABC7 Los Angeles aerial video image shows emergency personnel next to a Los Angeles Sheriff Department helicopter after it crashed near San Gabriel dam in Azusa, Calif., on Saturday, March 19, 2022. Authorities are investigating the crash of a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department rescue helicopter that left six people injured in mountains northeast of downtown LA. The department's Air Rescue 5 helicopter crashed shortly before 5 p.m.
All six people on board were airlifted to a hospital with a variety of injuries including fractures and broken ribs, LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Saturday night. Photos from the scene showed the damaged Super Puma helicopter on its side along a cliffside roadway in Azusa Canyon near the San Gabriel Dam.
Five of the helicopter's occupants were part of a sheriff's department crew and the sixth was a doctor on a ride-along from the University of California, Los Angeles, theThe National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash, spokesman Eric Weiss said.
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