A helicopter carrying six people crashed near the California-Nevada border late Friday night — just days after five Marines were killed when their chopper went down in the Golden State.
The Eurocopter EC 130 crashed near Nipton, the outer reaches of the Mojave Desert Preserve, east of the 15 Freeway, around 10 p.m. local time, the Federal Aviation Administration said. There was reportedly rainy weather at the time.
Bloomberg reported that the chopper was carrying the co-founder of Access Bank, Nigeria’s largest bank, Herbert Wigwe, along with Abimbola Ogunbanjo, the former president of the Nigeran stock exchange.
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No survivors have been located, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said. The sheriff’s office said the flight was heading to Boulder City, Nevada, about 25 miles outside of Las Vegas, Fox News Digital reported .