CHATHAM PD RELEASE: Helicopter Crash in Crow’s Pond…

The following is the actual Chatham Police press release:

On Friday, June 17, 2016 at 12:47 p.m., Chatham Police and Fire Departments were called to the shoreline area of Crows Pond for a report of a helicopter crash.

Units responded to find a 2002 Robinson Helicopter (Rotocraft) crashed on the shoreline near the property of 204 Crows Pond Road. The helicopter was partially submerged and had two occupants that were entrapped in the wreckage.

The pilot, John Ryan (age 48) from Scituate, MA, and passenger, Tyra Pacheco, (age 48), from Acushnet, MA, had to be freed from the wreckage by emergency personnel. The pilot was transported to Cape Cod Hospital, (Hyannis) with serious injuries. The passenger was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital, (Boston) with critical injuries.

Witnesses described the helicopter as flying low over the shoreline residences, and witnesses also reported hearing engine sputtering.

The helicopter was described as making an emergency forced landing, on the shoreline.

Preliminary investigation reveals that the helicopter was out of Plymouth Airport and was hired for property aerial photography for a local real estate company.

Along with Chatham Police and Fire/Rescue, other assisting agencies included the Massachusetts State Police, United States Coast Guard, (Air Station Otis and Station Chatham), and the Chatham Harbormaster’s Office.

Federal investigators are scheduled to arrive at the crash site on Saturday, June 18. Currently environmental hazards have been mitigated and the scene is secured by public safety officials.

[Above press statement and photos courtesy of the Chatham Police Department]

6/17/2016

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