Two helicopters crashed midair in southern New Jersey on Sunday, leaving one person dead and injuring another, officials said.
The aircraft, an Enstrom F-28A and an Enstrom 280C helicopter, “collided in mid-air” at about 11:25 a.m. near Hammonton Municipal Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Only the pilots were on board the helicopters when they collided, according to the statement.
The helicopters came down in a field in Hammonton and both victims were airlifted to the trauma center, Hammonton Fire Department Chief Sean Macri told CNN.
One of the victims was in “possible cardiac arrest” when he was taken aboard an ambulance, according to Macri.
Video from CNN affiliate WPVI shows police tape surrounding pieces of mangled aircraft, with long helicopter blades jutting out of the ground. Papers and clothes litter the field next to the badly damaged red Enstrom F-28A, while the white body of the Enstrom 280C sits close by, charred beyond recognition.
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