The accident occurred on August 28 (US time) when a Broward County Sheriff’s Office fire helicopter was on its way to North Lauderdale for an emergency medical rescue.
video posted ABC News It turns out that the helicopter’s tail was severed before it crashed into a small apartment complex in Pompano Beach, Florida, causing it to spin several times in the air.
The image shows a fire helicopter from the Broward Sheriff’s Office before it crashed to the ground on August 28. Photo: MX
A firefighting helicopter carrying three people caught fire. As a result of the accident, two people died and four others were injured.
The unfortunate victim has been identified as 50-year-old Capt. Terrisson Jackson of the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
He was one of three people on board the helicopter when the accident happened and has 19 years of experience.
A police source said, “The second victim has been identified as a woman lying on the ground.”
Terrison Jackson, a 50-year-old police officer, died on August 28 when a firefighting helicopter crashed into an apartment complex in Florida – USA. Photo: Broward Sheriff’s Office
“Four people on board the helicopter, including the pilot and doctors, were injured, as well as two others on the ground,” the source said. “His condition is not critical,” he added.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation by the US National Transportation Safety Board in coordination with local police.
Firefighters and rescue workers work at the site of a medical rescue helicopter that crashed on August 28 in Pompano Beach, Florida. Photo: AP
A fire helicopter crashed into an apartment building in Florida, killing 6 people. Photo: ABC
