In the area of Charlottesville crashed police helicopter
WASHINGTON, 13 Aug — RIA Novosti. A police helicopter crashed Saturday in the crash near the town of Charlottesville in the United States, where two days of clashes of the far right and their opponents.
According to the publication Daily Progress, the helicopter, which belonged to the police of Virginia, fell in the forest a few miles West of Charlottesville in the area of the Birdwood Golf Course. Information on casualties yet.
The videos of eyewitnesses it is visible as over the trees rises a thick black smoke, but the helicopter itself is not visible.
Currently near Charlottesville to be clear.
Supporters of right-wing protested against the authorities ‘ plans to remove from the “emancipation Park” a monument to Confederate General during the Civil war, Robert E. Lee. The first clashes between protesters and their opponents, and the arrests began Friday, when hundreds of ultra-right held a torchlight procession through the city. At the outbreak of the clashes injured 15 people. In addition, unknown persons drove a vehicle into opponents of the action, one killed, 19 injured.
Helicopter crash #Charlottesville pic.twitter.com/e9rER6yaMT
— Simon Rader (@Simon_Rader) 12 Aug 2017
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BREAKING: neighbors near Old Farm Road in Albemarle Co. confirm a helicopter crashed into woods. Updates to come. pic.twitter.com/QtgBjYrjVQ
— NBC29 (@NBC29) 12 Aug 2017
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