Woman Killed, Two Injured In Helicopter Crash

Sun., Feb. 12, 1995

From Staff And Wire Reports

A woman was killed and two other people were injured Saturday after a helicopter crashed taking maintenance workers to isolated ski cabins in Kokanee Glacier Park.

The chartered helicopter crashed while landing in the high-alpine provincial park, located about 25 miles north of Nelson in southeastern British Columbia.

Aboard the helicopter were the pilot, a male passenger who worked for cabin owner Kokanee Glacier Mountaineering, and a female friend of the passenger, said Royal Canadian Mountain Police Cpl. Fred Leibel.

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