A Houston police officer was killed following a helicopter crash at an apartment complex early Saturday, and another officer was critically injured, the police chief said. Police do not know what caused the crash.
HOUSTON — A Houston police officer died following a helicopter crash early Saturday, and another officer was critically injured, the city’s mayor and police chief said.
“We don’t have any idea why it went down at this time,” Acevedo said at the first press conference near the north Houston crash scene, and reiterated that later in the morning.Acevedo told reporters. Acevedo identified two silver linings at the first press conference: While the wreckage was “pretty significant,” it didn’t catch fire, and the helicopter avoided striking occupied apartment buildings. It did clip the Biscayne at Cityview complex’s clubhouse, he said.
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