Police Chopper Crash
Police chopper falls on house
04/04/2005 16:31 - (SA)
Johannesburg - One person was killed and two injured when a police helicopter fell on the roof of a house in Benoni on Monday afternoon.
North Rand police spokesperson Superintendent Eugene Opperman said the circumstances of the accident was not yet clear.
The helicopter, a Squirrel, from the police's air wing in Johannesburg was flying in the area with three people on board - the pilot and two other police officials - when it fell on the house in Torque Road.
Opperman said the names of the dead and injured have not yet been released.
"We are still investigating the incident," he said.