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A helicopter has crashed in a field next to the M180 in North Lincolnshire. | A helicopter has crashed in a field next to the M180 in North Lincolnshire. |
Officers from Humberside Police and the Civil Aviation Authority are at the scene of the accident at Sandtoft, next to the M180's junction with the A18. | |
Humberside Police said one person was in the two-person helicopter at the time of the crash. It is not known whether that person is injured. | |
Local road Idle Bank has been closed in both directions between Low Levels Bank and High Levels Bank. | |
It is not clear whether the helicopter took off from nearby Sandtoft Aerodrome. | |
The crash was reported to police at 1244 GMT. | |
Sandtoft is 16 miles (26km) from Doncaster in South Yorkshire and 12 miles (19km) from Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. |