Gyroplane 衝突,墜落s into Colorado River, 殺人,大当り 2

LOMA, Colo. (AP) ― Two people 船内に a ヘリコプター-like 航空機 were killed when it 衝突,墜落d into a river in western Colorado, but no one on the ground was 負傷させるd, 当局 said Sunday.

The gyroplane went into the Colorado River すぐに after 6 p.m. Saturday, the Mesa 郡 郡保安官's Department said.

The Mesa 郡 検死官's Office identified the 犠牲者s as 示す Shook, 61, of Peyton, Colorado, and Rebecca Jane Molle, 50, of Grand Junction, Colorado.

Shook died of 多重の 傷害s from the 衝突,墜落, and Molle 溺死するd after the 衝突,墜落, the 検死官's office said. Both deaths were 支配するd 偶発の.

The 郡保安官's department said no one else was on board.

連邦の 航空 行政 広報担当者 Allen Kenitzer said the 航空機 was a Xenon gyroplane. Gyroplanes look like ヘリコプターs but are 力/強力にするd by プロペラs. 空気/公表する flow created by the 航空機's 今後 動議 spins the rotors, which 供給する 解除する.

The FAA and the 国家の Transportation Board are 調査/捜査するing.

証言,証人/目撃する Ron Jenkins said he and another man were fishing on the bank of the Colorado River when the gyroplane 衝突,墜落d nearby.

It began to fishtail and 誘発するs were 飛行機で行くing from it before it 衝突,墜落d nose-first in shallow water, he told the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel (http://tinyurl.com/mnzu54k).

Jenkins said he and the other angler hurried to their boat, went d ownriver to the gyroplane and then waded to it. They were able to 除去する one 犠牲者 by cutting a seat belt, he said.

The 郡保安官's department said the 衝突,墜落 混乱に陥れる/中断させるd electric service to some areas, but no 詳細(に述べる)s were 利用できる. Grand Valley 力/強力にする said service had been 回復するd by Sunday morning.

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