Two Tennessee regulation enforcement officers died when their helicopter hit energy strains and crashed in a wooded space. The strains fell throughout an interstate and lanes of the freeway have been shut down as first responders seemed for the crash website, officers mentioned.
A Tennessee Freeway Patrol officer and a Marion County deputy sheriff have been killed within the crash Tuesday afternoon in Marion County, Freeway Patrol Capt. Travis Plotzer mentioned. Their names weren't instantly launched and he did not take questions at a information convention. He mentioned the Nationwide Transportation Security Board was main an investigation.
The helicopter hit energy strains on Aetna Mountain close to Whiteside, Tennessee, inflicting the strains to fall throughout Interstate 24, officers mentioned.
Motorist Dan Hostetler informed WVLT-TV he noticed a black helicopter flying in circles earlier than he narrowly missed getting hit by the electrical cables.
"It sort of dipped a bit bit and waggled a bit bit then there was a vivid flash of sunshine and puff of smoke and it hit one of many energy strains that went throughout the freeway, and certain sufficient the facility strains began gliding down towards me and all I might assume was it will land on high of me," Hostetler mentioned. "I slammed on the brakes and stopped about two automotive lengths from the road."
The Nationwide Transportation Security Board recognized the plane as a Bell 206B helicopter. The company is investigating the crash.