Helicopter Accident Kills 4
in Colombia
Bogota - Four people were killed on
Tuesday when the police helicopter they were aboard fell in a jungle
zone in the department of Putumayo in southern Colombia.
"The helicopter we have lost this morning fell down some 10 km to
the municipality of Villa Garzon. All its occupants were found
dead," General Alvaro Caro, anti-drug police commander, told a press
conference.
The cause of the accident has been investigating, Caro said.
The four people were the pilot, the copilot, and two artillerymen,
according to a police report.
The helicopter took off from an anti-drug base in Putumayo near the
border with Ecuador and Peru, said the report.
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