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Two helicopters crashed in New Jersey in what federal authorities say was a mid-air collision that killed one person and seriously injured another.
Hammonton Police Chief Kevin Friel said rescuers responded to a report of a plane crash around 11:25 a.m. Sunday, and police and firefighters then put out flames that engulfed one of the helicopters.
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) described the accident as a mid-air collision between an Enstrom F-28A helicopter and an Enstrom 280C helicopter over the Hammonton Municipal Airport. Only the pilots were on board each plane.
One person was killed and another was taken to a nearby hospital with his life in danger. Video from the scene shows a helicopter rapidly spinning toward the ground.
Hammonton is a city of about 15,000 people located in Atlantic County in the southern part of New Jersey, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) southeast of Philadelphia. The city has an agricultural history and is located near the Pine Barrens, a wild forested area that covers more than 405,000 acres.
The FAA and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board have been notified and will investigate the accident, Friel said.
