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NTSB Releases Findings In Chopper 6 Crash NTSB Releases Findings In Chopper 6 Crash
NTSB Releases Findings In Chopper 6 Crash In a preliminary report, federal investigators say there were no obvious engine issues that would have led to the fatal crash of news Chopper 6 last month.  The 6abc helicopter was en route from an assignment near Atlantic City, New Jersey when it crashed in Wharton State Forest around 8 p.m. on Dec. 19, the station said previously.  Pilot Monroe Smith, 67, of Glenside, and videographer Christopher Dougherty, 45, of Oreland, both died in the wreck. In its first preliminary report on the crash issued Wednesday, Jan. 17, the National Transportation Safety Board said it found "No anomalies of…

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by Mac Bullock
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IDs Released In Action News NJ Helicopter Crash IDs Released In Action News NJ Helicopter Crash
IDs Released In Action News NJ Helicopter Crash Action News has released the names of the pilot and team photographer killed in a helicopter crash Tuesday night, Dec. 19 in New Jersey. Monroe Smith, 67, of Glenside, PA, was the pilot, and Christopher Dougherty, 45, of Oreland, PA, was the photographer, according to the news station. They had departed from the Northeast Philadelphia Airport before 7:30 p.m., in a Eurocopter AS350B2, headed toward Galloway Township, NJ, according to the FAA and 6abc. The helicopter's altitude dropped while heading back to Philadelphia, and crashed in the Wharton State Forest, Action News says. The wrecka…

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by Mac Bullock & Cecilia Levine
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ABC News Helicopter Crashes In NJ Killing Pilot, Photographer, Station Says ABC News Helicopter Crashes In NJ Killing Pilot, Photographer, Station Says
ABC News Helicopter Crashes In NJ Killing Pilot, Photographer, Station Says (Note: this story has been updated with new details from 6abc.) An Action News team was killed when a Chopper 6 helicopter crashed in New Jersey on Tuesday night, Dec. 19, the outlet itself reported. UPDATE: IDs Released In Action News NJ Helicopter Crash "It has been a devastating day for the Action News team after two crew members on board Chopper 6 were killed in a crash on Tuesday night," the news station said. They were identified as 67-year-old pilot Monroe Smith of Glenside, PA, and 45-year-old photographer Christopher Dougherty of Oreland, PA.  6abc says the p…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Flying Tire Strikes PA Turnpike Driver's Windshield, Sending Two To Hospital: Police Flying Tire Strikes PA Turnpike Driver's Windshield, Sending Two To Hospital: Police
Flying Tire Strikes PA Turnpike Driver's Windshield, Sending Two To Hospital: Police Two people were sent to the hospital Sunday after a tire from one car blew out and smashed through the windshield and sunroof of another car traveling on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lehigh County, authorities said. Troopers responded to I-476 near northbound mile marker 67.1 in Washington Township around 10:45 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said. A cracked stud on a southbound Nissan Altima's wheel hub caused a tire to come loose and collide with the windshield and sunroof of a northbound Volkswagen Golf, according to state police. The 66-year-old Golf driver …

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by Nicole Acosta