From a 'tweet' from Cambs Police, this article is up from the Cambridge Evening News...
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Emergency services rush to 'fatal' helicopter crash
Helicopter crash at Witchford
Emergency services were today called to a helicopter crash. It is thought there has been one fatality in the crash. The fire service said they had been called to Lancaster Way in Witchford. A single, light helicopter crashed at the former airfield. Two crews from Ely are there and a rescue vehicle from Cambridge is on its way.
They were called at 11.33am to reports of an accident close to a business park. A police spokeswoman said:
"Police and emergency services are currently at the scene of a helicopter crash in Witchford near Ely. The force control room was called by a member of the public at just before 11.30am today (January 6). They reported seeing a helicopter go down in a field behind Lancaster Way Business Park. At least one person is known to have been in the aircraft, however, I have no details of injuries at this time. "A corden has been set up around the crash site but no roads have been closed."
A Marshall Airport spokesman said the aircraft did not fly from the Cambridge area. He said it was thought to have been flying from Manston Airport in Kent to Fenland Airfield near Spalding. The helicopter was, he added, said to be a Robinson R22 two seater.
Clare Blair, of Evergreens, Chesterton, said her daughter's partner Pat Masterson had been walking his dog on the airfield when the helicopter crashed.
Mr Masterson and Mrs Blair's daughter Alexandra run the vilage stores in Stretham. She said: "Pat had been walking the dog on the airfield and the helicopter crashed right in front of them."
Mrs Blair said Mr Masterson had called the emergency services from a nearby house and had tried to get the pilot out of the helicopter.
If accurate, sad news indeed...