A helicopter pilot is killed in a crash in Thibodaux this morning. Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Captain Brennan Matherne says it happened at around 6:30 this morning.
“There was one person in the helicopter that was later pronounced dead,” Matherne said.
Captain Matherne says the crash happened in an agricultural field.
“The helicopter was being used for crop dusting of those fields of that farmland in the area, and it appears he may have gotten tangled up in a utility line and crashed,” Matherne explained.
Matherne says no one on the ground was hurt, and no property on the ground was damaged.
“This is farmland that the crash occurred on. It is at least a mile from the closest residents,” Matherne said.
The FAA and the NTSB have been notified and will be investigating.
