MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Sunday, June 14th 2026 - 19:44 UTC
All the victims were traveling in the aircraft. Among them were US singer Oliver Tree and Argentine YouTuber Gaspar Prim, known as Gaspi.
Two helicopters flying over Rio de Janeiro collided in mid-air on Sunday morning and crashed into an urban area of the city, in an accident that left six people dead, the fire department confirmed. All the victims were traveling in the aircraft. Among them were US singer Oliver Tree and Argentine YouTuber Gaspar Prim, known as Gaspi.
The collision occurred at around nine in the morning, local time, in the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighborhood, in the west of the city. One of the helicopters came down on Avenida das Américas and the other struck an electric-vehicle depot, where a fire broke out that reached around twenty cars; one of the aircraft exploded on crashing. The aircraft involved were a Bell 206B, registration PP-MAC, and a second helicopter registered as PR-DJJ.
