Two Injured in Sacramento Helicopter Crash

At 2:23 p.m. on Friday, February 4, 2011, Sacramento Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report of a helicopter crash near the levee on Sorento Road / W Elverta Road.  Sheriffs Deputies located a helicopter that had crashed into a field.

The helicopter was occupied by two people who sustained non-life threatening injuries as a result of the accident. The two occupants of the helicopter, who were performing construction on the towers at the time of the crash, were an adult male pilot and an adult female employee. Both were transported by emergency medical personnel for treatment.  

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will be investigating the cause of this accident.