Hammonton police responded to a report of a midair crash that engulfed one helicopter in flames on Sunday morning
One person is dead and another has been left critically injured after two helicopters crashed in a southern New Jersey town.
Police in Hammonton, New Jersey, responded to a report of an aviation crash at about 11.25am on Sunday, according to Denise Mazzeo, the town’s deputy municipal clerk.
Police and fire crews extinguished flames that engulfed one helicopter, Mazzeo said in a statement to the Associated Press.
The Federal Aviation Administration described the crash as a midair collision between an Enstrom F-28A helicopter and Enstrom 280C helicopter over Hammonton municipal airport. Only the pilots were on board each aircraft.
