NTSB investigating helicopter collision that left three dead while battling Southern California fires

National Transportation Safety Board investigators are headed to the spot where three people were killed after two helicopters collided in mid-air Sunday while fighting a fire in Southern California, an agency spokesperson told CNN on Monday.

The helicopters were among six aircraft responding to the Broadway Fire, which began Sunday after a structure fire spread to nearby vegetation in Cabazon, a community in Riverside County some 90 miles east of Los Angeles, CalFire Southern Region Chief David Fulcher said Sunday night.

A Bell 407 helicopter and a Sikorsky S-64E helicopter collided in the air, the NTSB spokesperson said.

 
 
 
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