BREAKING 2 Murrieta residents ID'd as victims killed in Riverside County helicopter crash
Two people were killed when a helicopter crashed Friday afternoon in Riverside County, authorities said.Two Murrieta residents killed in a helicopter crash in Nuevo were identified Saturday.
The turbine helicopter crashed at about 12:40 p.m. Friday near Chastity and Pulsar View roads, roughly 10 miles north of Hemet-Ryan Airport, according to the Riverside County fire and sheriff's departments. The victims were identified as 61-year-old Mark Carter and 62-year-old Dennis Foster. They were the only two people aboard the plane.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Donnell Evans told City News Service that the chopper was a seven-seat Bell 407, which is used in short- haul transportation, utility operations and law enforcement. "The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate," he said. "The NTSB will lead the investigation."
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