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| 2 killed after helicopter crashes into Florida trailer park (VIDEO) | |
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| A helicopter has crashed down onto a trailer park in central Florida, reportedly killing at least two people and injuring another. | A helicopter has crashed down onto a trailer park in central Florida, reportedly killing at least two people and injuring another. |
| The Highlands County Sheriff’s Office confirmed two people were killed and one person was transported to the hospital following the crash, which took place in Sebring, Florida on Tuesday afternoon. | The Highlands County Sheriff’s Office confirmed two people were killed and one person was transported to the hospital following the crash, which took place in Sebring, Florida on Tuesday afternoon. |
| Both of the fatalities were occupants of the helicopter, local media reported, adding that the injured person was on the ground at the time of the crash. | Both of the fatalities were occupants of the helicopter, local media reported, adding that the injured person was on the ground at the time of the crash. |
| One mobile home was destroyed and another was damaged, the sheriff’s office said. Video footage from a WFLA TV helicopter showed the charred remains of the destroyed trailer home in the Sebring Falls Mobile Home Park. | One mobile home was destroyed and another was damaged, the sheriff’s office said. Video footage from a WFLA TV helicopter showed the charred remains of the destroyed trailer home in the Sebring Falls Mobile Home Park. |
| None of the video footage of the scene showed any remains of the aircraft that crashed, which might have been a gyrocopter, according to the Highlands News-Sun, a local newspaper. All power to the trailer park has been shut off until the emergency crews can put out the fire. | None of the video footage of the scene showed any remains of the aircraft that crashed, which might have been a gyrocopter, according to the Highlands News-Sun, a local newspaper. All power to the trailer park has been shut off until the emergency crews can put out the fire. |
| “The lights went out and then we heard 'kaboom’,” Diane Clark, whose house is across the street from the crash site, told the News-Sun. Another neighbor, Dee Wright, told the newspaper that the occupants of the destroyed home are seasonal and were not back in the area yet. | “The lights went out and then we heard 'kaboom’,” Diane Clark, whose house is across the street from the crash site, told the News-Sun. Another neighbor, Dee Wright, told the newspaper that the occupants of the destroyed home are seasonal and were not back in the area yet. |
| Sebring is a community of about 10,000 residents in central Florida. | Sebring is a community of about 10,000 residents in central Florida. |
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