29 Sep, 2024 @ 20:41
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Horror helicopter crash kills three people in Spain’s Valencia: Aircraft collided with electrical power lines

THREE people have been killed after their helicopter crashed into electrical power lines in Valencia.

The tragic accident took place at around 10am on Sunday in the town of Pucol, near Monte Picayo.

The three men killed were all workers of the electrical company Hidroeléctrica, part of the Iberdola group.

They had been flying over the area to inspect the stability of the power lines.

The Guardia Civil said the helicopter collided with high-voltage cables and crashed in a rural area.

The three men are said to have died instantly.

Wreckage of fatal helicopter crash in Valencia on Sunday (Credit: Bomberos)

Emergency services rushed to the scene to find two of the victims on the ground with another still trapped inside the aircraft.

While they were able to remove the third victim, they could nothing more than confirm their deaths.

Firefighters remained at the scene due to the risk of live wires sparking a forest fire.

A routine investigation into the accident has been launched.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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