EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Three people died when two training helicopters collided and crashed near an Oregon airport, shutting down a nearby highway.
Two helicopters collided and crashed into a farm field Thursday near a small airport southwest of Portland, Oregon, killing all three people on board and forcing the closure of a key highway, authorities said.
The crash killed 38-year-old Tyler Sturdevant, a pilot from Oregon, 22-year-old Maddie Aasbo, a flight instructor from Texas, and a student pilot from the United Kingdom, whose name has not been released, Yamhill County Sheriff Sam Elliott said during a news conference.
Aasbo and the U.K. student pilot were on one aircraft, while Sturdevant was on the other, according to the sheriff’s office.