Thursday, July 29, 2010

Helicopter Crash Victims Identified

A local man has been named as one the two men who died in a helicopter crash late last week.

19 year old, Ethan Boucha from Rat Portage First Nation and John Tumchewics, origionally from Yellowknife but was living in North Bay, both died in the crash.

The crash happened 200 km south of Timmins, between the Elk Lake and Gowganda areas.

They were flying a Bell 206 helicopter that belonged to Essential Helicopters of North Bay.

No one at the company would comment and the investigation by the Transpotation Safety board continues.