One dead, one injured in chopper crash
Updated: Tuesday, 24 Feb 2009, 4:31 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 24 Feb 2009, 2:03 PM EST
CAMDEN CO., N.C. - Officials confirm with WAVY.com at least one person was killed when a helicopter crashed at Xe, formerly Blackwater Worldwide, Tuesday afternoon.
Camden County Sheriff Tony Perry confirmed for WAVY.com, 911 dispatchers received a call at 1:36 p.m. that a helicopter had crashed on the grounds of Xe in Moyock, North Carolina.
Currituck County Public Information Officer Randall Edwards says it was a small private type of helicopter that crashed. Edwards says an ambulance, fire trucks and personnel from the Moyock station arrived on scene within minutes after the crash.
One person was killed. The body was transported to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, as required by Federal Aviation Administration investigations, who are already on the scene. A second passenger in the helicopter reportedly received non-life threatening injuries and was awake and talking, according to paramedics on the scene. He was transported to Chesapeake General Hospital.
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