4 people were killed when a police helicopter crashed in the US state of New Mexico, as they were returning from helping firefighters in the face of a forest fire.
The Bernalillo County Sheriffโs Office said in a statement on its Twitter account that three members of the Police Departmentโs office and one county fire department employee were on board the helicopter.
๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก
This evening we learned that one of our aircraft, Metro 2, was involved in a crash near Las Vegas, NM. pic.twitter.com/UyvOpKvU88
โ BCSO (Sheriff) NM (@BCSONM) July 17, 2022
Police added that the plane crashed late Saturday near Las Vegas, New Mexico.
โThere is no information on the presence of survivors,โ she said.
โThese individuals were on their way back to Albuquerque after helping the firefighters with the East Mesa fire,โ she said.
Police confirmed that the investigation into the accident is still in its initial stages.