2 Killed as Helicopter Crashes in Ravine
A helicopter taking wildlife experts to observe bighorn sheep crashed in a deep ravine at the edge of the Mojave Desert, killing two people and injuring two others, authorities said Tuesday.
The time of the crash was believed to have been about 8 a.m., an official said.
The pilot, James Donald Landell, 59, of Desert Hot Springs, a native of Canada, and Jim Bicket of Mohave Valley, Ariz., a U.S. Bureau of Land Management wildlife biologist, were killed, Deputy Bill Bond said.
Suffering major injuries and taken to Valley Hospital in Las Vegas were Richard Weaver, a biologist, and Jerry Waggoner of Palm Springs.
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