Thirteen Killed In Mexican Quake Zone Helicopter Crash
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published February 18, 2018 | 01:40 PM
Santiago Jamiltepec, Mexico, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Feb, 2018 ) :Thirteen people were killed in southern Mexico when a minister's helicopter crash-landed on its way to the epicenter of a powerful earthquake that rattled the region, officials said Saturday.
The 7.
2 magnitude quake caused only material damage when it struck late Friday, but it triggered a tragedy in the town of Santiago Jamiltepec in Oaxaca state, where the chopper landed on its side, crushing a van.
Five women, four men, and three children were killed on the spot, while another person died in hospital, the Oaxaca prosecutor's office said. On board the UH-60 Black Hawk military helicopter were Interior Minister Alfonso Navarrete and Oaxaca state Governor Alejandro Murat, who were unharmed.
Dozens of people turned out Saturday to pay their respects to the dead, carrying candles and white flowers, as trumpets and saxophones played in tribute.
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