1 dead after helicopter crashes near US-Mexico border in San Diego County
A helicopter crashed in California near the United States-Mexico border, leaving one person dead, San Diego County Fire confirmed.
San Diego County Fire told Paste BN that the department received a report of a crashed helicopter at 11:19 a.m. PST Monday. The crash occurred near Round Potrero Road in San Diego County, California. The area is less than eight miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, and 43 miles southeast of San Diego. One individual, the helicopter's pilot and sole occupant, was pronounced dead.
The helicopter was a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircraft on a border security mission and was involved in an aviation mishap, a Customs and Border Protection spokesperson told Paste BN on Monday evening. The deceased individual was a Customs and Border Protection air interdiction agent.
As of Monday evening, the investigation had been taken over by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, San Diego County Fire said.
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