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LOMA, Colorado (AP) - Authorities say a helicopter that crashed into a river in western Colorado left two occupants dead.
Mesa County chief deputy coroner Victor Yahn tells The Associated Press that the two died in Saturday's crash, but he didn't have any other information.
Local media reports say the chopper crashed shortly after 6 p.m. MDT into the Colorado River near Loma.
Both The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction and Denver's KUSA-TV report that authorities say at least two people were aboard.
Mesa County Sheriff's spokeswoman Lisa McCammon tells the Denver Post that the helicopter took off from the Grand Junction Airport, about 20 miles southeast of the crash site.
First-responders told the Daily Sentinel that two fishermen saw the accident and pulled at least one victim from the wreckage.
Entities 0 Name: Daily Sentinel Count: 2 1 Name: Colorado Count: 2 2 Name: Loma Count: 1 3 Name: Grand Junction Count: 1 4 Name: Grand Junction Airport Count: 1 5 Name: Christopher Tomnlinson\/AP LOMA Count: 1 6 Name: Denver Post Count: 1 7 Name: Mesa County Sheriff Count: 1 8 Name: Associated Press Count: 1 9 Name: AP Count: 1 10 Name: Victor Yahn Count: 1 11 Name: Lisa McCammon Count: 1 12 Name: Denver Count: 1 13 Name: Mesa County Count: 1 14 Name: KUSA-TV Count: 1 15 Name: Colorado River Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1pXzVLF Title: Helicopter crashes into Colorado River killing two on board, Saturday evening Description: LOMA, Colo. - After 6 p.m. on Saturday evening, Mesa County Sheriff's dispatch received multiple calls of a downed aircraft. The two adults who were on board the helicopter were declared dead at the scene, according to a release from the Mesa County Sheriff's Office.
