Three people died this Sunday after helicopter collides with power lines in the area of Monte Picayo, in Puçol (Valencia), as reported by the Civil Guard in a press release.
The events occurred on 10:00 a.m. and agents of the Civil Guard, a SAMU unit and another of the SVB, firefighters and a sergeant from Sagunt Park, rescuers from the GERA group with a V-990 helicopter with a doctor and a duty officer went to the place, the Consortium indicated it. Valencia Provincial Fire Department and Emergency Information and Coordination Center (CICU).
The Generalitat Emergency Center reported that the helicopter had been perform inspection tasks of power lines in the commune of Puçol.
The helicopter collided with a power line, the helicopter and fell in a rural area next to an urbanization. This place is located at the rear of said urbanization, next to the old Casino, where the emergency services went.
When they arrived, the firefighters They extracted a trapped person inside the plane, while the other two were already outside.
Iberdrola helicopter
The helicopter belonged to a company specializing in overhaul work of power lines and that he had been hired by i-DE, which is part of the Iberdrola group.
Iberdrola indicated that an investigation was underway into the causes of the accident and regretted the death of these three workers specialized in power line inspection tasks.
According to the armed institute and the CICU, medical services They could only confirm the death of the three people which were circulating inside the helicopter.
Some of the firefighters stayed on site preventively to monitor the electrical risk, since there is a presence of torn wiringas well as to control the risk of fire, due to the aircraft’s fuel, said the provincial body.
