19/08/2011 14:48
Australian helicopter crash kills news crew
Three people were killed in a helicopter crash in southern Australia, police said Friday, with a prominent TV journalist among the dead.
Australian Broadcasting Corp. said three members of its news crew, including veteran journalist Paul Lockyer, are believed to have died when their chopper crashed Thursday in a remote part of South Australia state.
Lockyer, cameraman John Bean and pilot Gary Ticehurst were working on news and feature projects in the Lake Eyre region, the ABC said.
Police traveled to the crash site overnight, The Associated Press reported.