SHAMONG, N.J. (AP) A Philadelphia television news helicopter returning from an assignment photographing Christmas lights earlier this week plunged into a southern New Jersey forest “at very high speed,” broke apart, then caught fire after it crashed, killing both occupants, a federal crash investigator said Friday.
The crew of 6abc's Chopper 6 had filmed a Christmas lights display before crashing into the forest in southern New Jersey, an investigator said Thursday.