POLK COUNTY, Texas (KETK) – One person is dead and three people are hospitalized after a helicopter crash in Polk County.
According to our NBC affiliate, KPRC, 54-year-old Daniel King of Livingston died at the scene.
Two other passengers, 26-year-old Braydon King and 23-year-old Brocton King, also from Livingston, were taken to a nearby hospital.
The pilot, identified as 73-year-old John Martin of Montgomery was taken to a hospital in Houston, according to DPS.
According to TX DPS Southeast Texas Region, the incident happened around 11:45 a.m. on Thursday, after a Bell 206 helicopter crashed.
The Federal Aviation Administration has been notified and will investigate. Troopers have secured the scene for investigators.
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