FIVE OF THE SIX PEOPLE ON BOARD A HELICOPTER THAT CRASHED OUTSIDE OF RATON IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY EVENING ARE DEAD. THE SIXTH PERSON IS BADLY INJURED. STATE POLICE LT. ELIZABETH ARMIJO SAYS THE CRASH SITE WAS DIFFICULT TO GET TO DUE TO THE TERRAIN.
DEPUTIES FOUND THREE PEOPLE DEAD AT THE SCENE, A FOURTH LATER DIED AT THE CRASH SITE AND AND ONE MORE DIED ON ROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE SIXTH PERSON IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. THE PEOPLE WHO DIED WERE ALL FROM TEXAS AND COLORADO.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAYS ONE OF THE VICTIMS, ROY BENNETT, WAS A LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION IN ZIMBABWE. HIS WIFE, A COLORADO RESIDENT, WAS ALSO AMONG THOSE KILLED. IT’S BELIEVED THE HELICOPTER WAS GOING FROM RATON TO FOLSOM, NEW MEXICO ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF RATON.
