Helicopter vs. fire engine

An unusual accident occurred Sunday in San Miguel, Chile. A medical helicopter had landed at an accident scene where a drunk driver had struck a police car in an urban area. While the ship’s rotors were still turning, a fire engine received authorization to drive through the accident scene and unfortunately, drove into the main rotor. As the engine continued down the street, the helicopter hit something causing the tail boom to be bent sideways at about 90 degrees. With the rotors still turning the ship began spinning and eventually crashed into a police car, which stopped the spinning but caused an explosion.

The seriously injured pilot and three officers who had been in the police car previous to the arrival of the helicopter were transferred to the hospital.

In the first video the fire engine/helicopter accident occurs at about 2:08. The helicopter has the brightest light in the video, at the lower-center of the image.

Below is the description of the video, translated by Google from Spanish:

With the helicopter and landed on Grand Avenue the exact time the Fire truck goes and hits the blades of the main rotor of the helicopter is appreciated. The outcome is already known through other videos. Best wishes for recovery to the wounded especially the helicopter pilot . We hope this video will help clarify what happened.

This second video, only 15 seconds long, has a better view of the spinning helicopter impacting the police car.

The description of the video, again, translated by Google from Spanish:

The video is not recorded by me, is taken from instagram account of : sergio_robles

Accident happened at 4:42 am on November 30, 2014 at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Gran Avenida José Miguel Carrera. Helicopter Aeropolicial prefecture attends the help of another procedure where police were wounded , the helicopter landing engages the telescopic ladder of a fire engine causing it to split in two and the explosion.

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One thought on “Helicopter vs. fire engine”

  1. Interesting… Sounds like shutdown of the aircraft did not occur after the initial strike, but when it hit the police car and caught fire. I wonder why?

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