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The
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it was
investigating the mid-air collision between a Bell 407
helicopter and a Sikorsky S-64E helicopter, in an emailed
response to Reuters.
The first helicopter landed safely after the collision but the
second one crashed, killing all three people who were on board,
CNN reported, citing the California Department of Forestry and
Fire Protection's (CalFire) Southern Region Chief David Fulcher.
The victims included a contracted pilot, a CalFire division
chief and a captain, CNN said, citing Fulcher.
The Riverside County Sheriff had responded to an air emergency
at Cabazon late on Sunday involving a crash at the location, it
said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The Riverside County Fire Department did not immediately respond
to a Reuters request for comment.
(Reporting by Anirudh Saligrama and Nilutpal Timsina in
Bengaluru; Additional reporting by Bharat Govind Gautam; Editing
by Bernadette Baum and Toby Chopra)
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