Helicopter crashes during training exercise
21 December 2017 - 16:07
By Petru Saal
Image: JIM URQUHART/REUTERS
A helicopter crashed during a Working on Fire training exercise in Bredasdorp in the Western Cape on Thursday‚ injuring two people.
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Trevor Abrahams‚ managing director of Working on Fire said the only information he received was that two people were injured when a helicopter crashed. No serious injuries have been reported.
“There has been an incident at one of our training bases. The pilot has minor scratches and a person on the ground was also injured‚” said Abrahams.
He said they had been taken to hospital to be treated for their injuries.