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TEMERLOH: A Fire & Rescue Department helicopter monitoring highway traffic crashed at the Bukit Lada rubber estate of Kuala Kaung Felcra near Lanchang at about 10am yesterday, injuring the three people on board.

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Temerloh police chief ACP Ahmad Fadzillah Mohamed identified the trio as pilot Captain Roslan Aziz, 30, who was badly injured, Air Quartermaster Asrul Mohd Nordin, 33, and co-pilot Khairil Azuzn Jamaluddin, 30.
He said the three Fire & Rescue personnel had set off in the Augusta A109E helicopter of the Fire & Rescue Unit based at Subang to monitor traffic flow on the East Coast Expressway.
Ahmad Fadzillah said Roslan suffered a neck injury and had been admitted to the intensive care unit of the Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Hospital here.
The two others were also being treated at the same hospital, he added.
The helicopter went down during heavy mist, he said.
He said the police and Fire & Rescue personnel were conducting investigations at the site of the crash. — Bernama

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