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'Several injured' after helicopter crashes 'into a building' in Ireland
Aruna Shantha
30-Jul-2024 22:09:32
A helicopter has crashed into a building in the Irish village of Killucan causing �a number of casualties�, the head of the local fire service has said, as emergency workers rushed to the scene.
Irish police said the crash happened at approximately 3.30pm on Tuesday near the Co Westmeath village.
The acting chief fire officer with Westmeath fire and rescue service, Pat Hunt, said: “We understand that it’s an incident involving a helicopter crashing into a building in the Joristown Upper townland in Killucan, Co Westmeath.”
He told Midlands 103 radio station “All the principal response agencies are mobilising to the scene: An Garda Síochána, the ambulance service and ourselves.
“What we can understand is that there are a number of casualties involved, but again, we cannot at this stage confirm the number.” The Irish Air Accident Investigation Unit said it had sent a team of inspectors to the site of the single-engine helicopter crash.
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