Helicopter crashes after striking power lines
Posted: Aug 5, 2021 5:30 PM EST
CORYDON, Ind. -- Indiana State Police are assisting the investigation into a helicopter crash that happened Wednesday afternoon in Harrison County.
The crash happened just northeast of Corydon around 4 p.m.
Police said the helicopter was being used as a crop duster when the helicopter accidentally struck a power line running across the cornfield.
The pilot, 29-year-old Zane Lightner of Billings, Montana, was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
The FAA and NTSB will investigate the crash.
