BOGOTA, Jan. 6 -- A
Colombian navy helicopter crashed into the waters on Sunday, leaving one
dead and five others injured in the country's southwestern Narino
region bordering Ecuador, Navy authorities said.
The accident
occurred early Sunday morning when the helicopter Bell 212 was on a
medical mission where it reported an emergency at a place known as
Bajito Vaqueria in a rural area nearby Tumaco city.
The
helicopter plunged into the waters, where sadly perished the marine John
Jairo Ocoro. Coastguard and naval aviation crew evacuated, taking the
injured to a hospital in Tumaco, where they are being treated," said the
Navy report.
Authorities are investigating into the cause of the crash.
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