A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department rescue helicopter crashed Saturday afternoon in the San Gabriel Mountains while traveling to a vehicle collision scene, officials said.
It went down around 4:30 p.m. near Highway 39 (San Gabriel Canyon Road) and East Fork Road, said Dispatch Supervisor Miguel Ornelas of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
There were five occupants in the helicopter who were transported to a hospital or hospitals. Information on their conditions was not immediately available.
All five on board were deputies who were on their way to a call for service, said Sgt. Gabriela Herrera of the LASD Information Bureau.
The crash site is near the San Gabriel Dam and Reservoir in the San Gabriel Mountains above San Dimas and Glendora.
What caused the crash was not immediately known. Visibility was good in the region Saturday afternoon, with breezy wind and dry conditions.
Aerial footage from the scene showed the helicopter cabin appeared to be mostly intact but upside down.
The helicopter was responding to a car crash on Old San Gabriel Canyon Road and Highway 39 that was blocking lanes and occurred at 4:25 p.m., said a California Highway Patrol Traffic Management Center dispatcher. The CHP incident log indicated a different rescue helicopter landed to transport a party with minor injuries.
This was the second crash of a law enforcement helicopter in a month in Southern California. One officer was killed and another hurt Feb. 19 in the crash of a Huntington Beach Police Department helicopter in Newport Harbor.
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