Two Workers Inspecting Power Lines Killed In Helicopter Crash

Two utility workers were killed and two others were hurt when their maintenance helicopter got caught on power lines and crashed in rural northeastern New York, state police said. Pieces of the aircraft dangled from power lines late Tuesday afternoon before falling beside cornfields in Beekmantown, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of the Canadian border near Lake Champlain. The Federal Aviation Administration said the Aerospatiale AS355F2 helicopter came in contact with power lines and caught fire at 4:16 p.m. The agency will investigate. The helicopter is owned by Catalyst Aviation, LLC of Hammonton, New Jersey, according to state police.