Philippine police chief, 7 others injured in chopper crash

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A helicopter carrying the Philippine national police chief and seven other people crashed after hitting a power cable on takeoff Thursday, critically injuring two people on board.

Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa and the others were pulled from the wreckage by police officers. Gamboa was injured in the shoulder and in the right hand but flashed a thumbs-up and said, "I'm OK," while being wheeled to an ambulance that brought him to a hospital in metropolitan Manila.

The helicopter was taking off from a police compound in a rural village in San Pedro city in Laguna province south of Manila after the group met with local police officials. "It was really loud and we ran away in fear because we thought the helicopter would move out of control in a circle and hit us," Garcia said, adding that power in her village was cut due to the crash.

TV footage showed the white Bell 429 helicopter on its side, with firefighters trying to put out a small fire in one part of the wreckage.

 

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