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UPDATE: Remote Control Helicopter Kills Man In Gravesend Park
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Via Shimon Prokupecz's Twitter
[UPDATE BELOW] A remote control helicopter killed a man, possibly decapitating him, near Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn.
Fire officials responded to reports of "severe head trauma" around 3:14 p.m., an FDNY spokesperson said. According to the Wall Street Journal, the 19-year-old victim was standing near Bay 44th Street and Shore Parkway when the toy struck him in the head, killing him. It's unclear whether the victim was flying the helicopter himself, or whether he was simply a bystander.
We'll update this story as more information becomes available.
Update, 4:56 p.m.: NBC reports that the accident occurred when the man lost control of the helicopter and it plummeted from the sky, slicing off the top of his head.
Calvert Vaux Park is one of the city's designated "model aircraft fields."
090513updatedchopper.jpg
Via Shimon Prokupecz's Twitter
[UPDATE BELOW] A remote control helicopter killed a man, possibly decapitating him, near Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn.
Fire officials responded to reports of "severe head trauma" around 3:14 p.m., an FDNY spokesperson said. According to the Wall Street Journal, the 19-year-old victim was standing near Bay 44th Street and Shore Parkway when the toy struck him in the head, killing him. It's unclear whether the victim was flying the helicopter himself, or whether he was simply a bystander.
We'll update this story as more information becomes available.
Update, 4:56 p.m.: NBC reports that the accident occurred when the man lost control of the helicopter and it plummeted from the sky, slicing off the top of his head.
Calvert Vaux Park is one of the city's designated "model aircraft fields."
