Two helicopters collided in midair near a small airport in Oregon on the afternoon of Oct. 29, killing all three people aboard and closing a nearby highway as emergency crews responded to the crash scene.
The collision occurred at about 2:15 p.m. local time near the McMinnville Municipal Airport, southwest of Portland, Oregon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Authorities said the helicopters crashed in a private farm field near Highway 233 and Southeast Stringtown Road in rural Dayton, a small city east of McMinnville.
During a brief news conference, Yamhill County Sheriff Sam Elliott said the crash involved a 1995 Robinson R22 helicopter and a 2018 Airbus AS350B3 helicopter. The sheriff said authorities received reports of the crash shortly after 2:10 p.m. and responded along with the McMinnville Police Department, Oregon State Police, fire crews and emergency medical personnel…