OFFICER MOURNED: First responders across Orange County saluted Huntington Beach police Officer Nicholas Vella as a procession carried his body from Santa Ana to La Habra.
Vella, 44, was killed Saturday night when the Huntington Beach Police Department helicopter he was in crashed into the ocean off Newport Beach. He and a second officer were pulled from the submerged wreckage by emergency responders and bystanders. Vella, a 14-year veteran of the department, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The second officer, who has been with Huntington Beach police for 16 years, has since been release from the hospital. His name was not released.The procession carried Vella’s body to Community Funeral Service in La Habra. Funeral arrangements have not been announced. Vella is survived by a wife and teenage daughter. The Huntington Beach Police Department and its officers association have since set up a page to support Vella’s family at
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