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Norfolk helicopter crash: Four feared dead | |
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Four people are feared dead after a helicopter crashed in a remote part of Norfolk. | |
Police said a civilian aircraft with four people on board had crashed in Gillingham, near Beccles, at about 19:30 GMT. | |
Emergency services remain on scene and a cordon around the site is in place. | |
It is not yet known what caused the crash but eyewitnesses reported foggy conditions in the area at the time the helicopter came down. | |
The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust said it was called at 19:45 to reports of a helicopter crash. | |
'Very foggy' | |
In a statement it said: "EEAST sent a number of resources to the incident including two ambulance officers, three ambulances, two doctors and one rapid response car." | |
Gillingham is a small village in the south of Norfolk with a population of about 650. | Gillingham is a small village in the south of Norfolk with a population of about 650. |
Roland Bronk, owner of The Swan House inn and restaurant in Beccles, said it had been "very foggy" in the area. | |
Mr Bronk said he had also heard customers talking about "a lot of police activity and ambulances". | |
The site is about 45 miles from where four crew members died when a US military helicopter crashed in Norfolk on a training mission in a nature reserve in Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, in January. | The site is about 45 miles from where four crew members died when a US military helicopter crashed in Norfolk on a training mission in a nature reserve in Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, in January. |
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