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The St. Louis Fire Department said on its Twitter account
that the helicopter went down on the street behind the St. Louis
University Hospital, killing the pilot and causing a fire.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper reported, citing city Fire
Captain Garon Mosby, that the pilot was the only person in the
helicopter at the time, and that it was headed to the medical
center to pick up a crew.
Further details were not immediately available as
representatives for the fire department could not be reached.
The newspaper published a photo of officials inspecting the
charred and smoldering wreckage, and witnesses said the accident
sounded like an explosion.
"It rocked the neighborhood," area resident Kenneth Grady, 48,
told the Post-Dispatch.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Pravin
Char)
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