Crash Kills Pilot Taking Supplies to Firefighters
From Times Wire Reports
A helicopter crashed while ferrying supplies to firefighters in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in central Washington, killing the pilot.
The pilot, identified by the U.S. Forest Service as Mike Ward, 55, of Clayton, Ga., was the only person on board.
The cause of the crash, about 20 miles northwest of Leavenworth in the North Cascades, was not immediately known.
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