Police, Sheriff’s Copters Collide; Both Land Safely
Helicopters from the Compton Police Department and the Sheriff’s Department collided Monday evening over an unincorporated area, but none of the four officers aboard were hurt, authorities said.
The helicopters “brushed against each other” at 7:45 p.m. between 500 and 1,000 feet over 139th and McKinley streets, with each suffering minor damage to its tail rotor. Both landed safely.
The sheriff’s craft was responding to an undisclosed call and the Compton helicopter was on a surveillance mission, deputies said. The sheriff’s copter set down at 188th Street and Success Avenue, while the craft from Compton landed at El Segundo Boulevard and Central Avenue.
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