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LAUREL, Miss. (AP) - One person is dead after a helicopter crashed in southeast Mississippi, authorities said.
Emergency personnel were called to the crash site shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jones County Fire Council spokesperson Dana Bumgardner said.
The MD 500 helicopter crashed into some woods in the Glade community, Bumgardner told WLBT-TV.
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Pilot killed in Jones Co. helicopter crash identified A helicopter crashed in Jones County on Tuesday morning, killing one person. (Source: Jones County Fire Council) By Vanessa Pacheco | December 29, 2020 at 10:40 AM CST - Updated December 29 at 6:26 PM
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - We now know the identity of the pilot in a deadly helicopter crash in Jones County.
According to the Jones County Coroner’s Office, Jason Krakowiak, of Florida, was the pilot and only person on board the helicopter when it went down Tuesday morning.
According to Dana Bumgardner, Public Information Officer for the Jones County Fire Council, first responders received a call about the crash a little before 9 a.m.
Pilot killed in Jones Co. helicopter crash identified
Pilot killed in Jones Co. helicopter crash By Vanessa Pacheco | December 29, 2020 at 10:40 AM CST - Updated December 29 at 6:26 PM
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - We now know the identity of the pilot in a deadly helicopter crash in Jones County.
According to the Jones County Coroner’s Office, Jason Krakowiak, of Florida, was the pilot and only person on board the helicopter when it went down Tuesday morning.
According to Dana Bumgardner, Public Information Officer for the Jones County Fire Council, first responders received a call about the crash a little before 9 a.m.
1 dead after Alabama-owned helicopter crashes in Mississippi
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
One person is dead after a helicopter crashed in southeast Mississippi, authorities said.
Emergency personnel were called to the crash site shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jones County Fire Council spokesperson Dana Bumgardner said.
The MD 500 helicopter crashed into some woods in the Glade community, Bumgardner told WLBT-TV.
The helicopter belongs to Signature Utility Service in Alabama and was in the area trimming trees off power lines when it crashed, Bumgardner said.
Volunteer firefighters extinguished a fire when they arrived.
Few other details were immediately available.
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