LOMA, Colo. — Authorities say a helicopter crashed into a river in western Colorado and killed two people aboard.
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.