2nd fatal helicopter crash in Sask. in past five days
A helicopter has crashed in the Kinley, Sask. area killing an adult male. The crash took place in a field about one kilometre south of Kinley, which is 55 kilometres west of Saskatoon.
It happened around 7:45 p.m. CST.
Dave Park and his wife were watching TV when they heard the helicopter. They said they thought it might have hit their Quonset, but it landed in their field.
Several emergency response crews are on the scene.
This is the second fatal helicopter crash to happen in the province in the past five days.
Two people were killed when a helicopter crashed on an island north of the Paynton Ferry Crossing last Thursday.
In that incident, a 55-year-old male pilot from Campbell River, B.C., and a 30-year-old male passenger from Prince Albert, Sask., were the only two people on the helicopter when it crashed. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
The chopper was contracted by the provincial electric utility SaskPower to access and repair power poles.
Source: www.cbc.ca/news