Monday, 20 June 2011

Helicopter pilot airlifted to hospital with head injury

A pilot has been taken to hospital with serious head injuries after a helicopter crashed in a field.

Avon and Somerset police said they had responded to an incident in which a helicopter crashed near Glastonbury yesterday afternoon. The police received a report at about 2.20pm of a small helicopter crashing in south-east Glastonbury.

The helicopter came down in an open area and no one on the ground had been injured, the police said. The pilot, who was the only person on board, has been airlifted to Frenchay hospital in Bristol with a serious head injury.

Police said the scene had been cordoned off and the air accident investigation branch was sending an investigation team to the scene.

source: guardian.co.uk

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