AMONG THE FIVE PEOPLE KILLED IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT’S HELICOPTER CRASH IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WAS 60 YEAR OLD ROY BENNETT. THE A-P REPORTS BENNETT WAS A LEADER OF THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION IN ZIMBABWE, AFRICA. IT’S NOT KNOWN WHY BENNETT WAS IN NEW MEXICO HOWEVER HIS WIFE,WHO ALSO DIED IN THE CRASH, WAS A COLORADO RESIDENT.
STATE POLICE LT ELIZABETH ARMIJO SAYS THE INVESTIGATION IS IN ITS VERY EARLY STAGES. FOLSOM IS ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF RATON.
THERE WERE NO NEW MEXICANS AMONG THE VICTIMS. THE F-A-A IS ON THE SCENE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH.
