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| Ruthin: Two in hospital after helicopter crashes in woods | |
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| None of those in the helicopter are believed to have suffered life threatening or life changing injuries | None of those in the helicopter are believed to have suffered life threatening or life changing injuries |
| Two people have been taken to hospital after a helicopter crashed in woodland. | |
| North Wales Police were called to the scene near Llanelidan near Ruthin, Denbighshire, at 17:36 GMT on Tuesday. | North Wales Police were called to the scene near Llanelidan near Ruthin, Denbighshire, at 17:36 GMT on Tuesday. |
| Firefighters and the ambulance service also attended the accident. The force said all the occupants had been accounted for. | Firefighters and the ambulance service also attended the accident. The force said all the occupants had been accounted for. |
| Ch Insp David Cust said none of them was believed to have suffered injuries that were either life threatening or life changing. | Ch Insp David Cust said none of them was believed to have suffered injuries that were either life threatening or life changing. |
| Huw Howatson, who saw the helicopter crash, said there were a group of five men in the helicopter when it got into difficulty. | |
| "It was horrible, I watched it happen and I was filming the helicopter. I could see it was in trouble and it hit some trees and I had to get out the way," he said. | |
| "A piece of propeller came away. We had to scarper because there was lots of debris, it was just flying everywhere - it was like a movie." | "A piece of propeller came away. We had to scarper because there was lots of debris, it was just flying everywhere - it was like a movie." |
| The Welsh Ambulance Service said two casualties were taken to Denbighshire's Glan Clwyd Hospital, despite earlier reports indicating four people had been taken to hospital. | |
| Two casualties were taken to to Denbighshire's Glan Clwyd Hospital | Two casualties were taken to to Denbighshire's Glan Clwyd Hospital |
| A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called shortly before 17:30 last night, Tuesday 1 November, to reports of a helicopter crash in woodland near Llanelidan, Ruthin. | |
| "We sent a paramedic in a rapid response car and three emergency ambulances to the scene, where crews were also supported Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service colleagues and a duty operations manager. | |
| "Two patients were taken to Glan Clwyd Hospital." | |
| Police said the Air Accident Investigation Board would investigate the crash. |