Three men were killed in a collision between two helicopters involved in firefighting efforts over a brush fire in Cabazon Sunday night.
The three men killed in a collision between two helicopters involved in firefighting efforts over a brush fire in Cabazon have been identified. , the three men were identified as Cal Fire Assistant Chief Josh Bischof, Fire Captain Tim Rodriguez and pilot Tony Sousa.
A Bell helicopter flown by a contract pilot with a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection division chief and a Cal Fire air captain on board was in an observer-coordinator role when it collided with a Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter while battling the brush fire, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Dept. All three men on the Bell helicopter died. Two people on the Sikorsky, which landed safely, were uninjured.
The incident took place on Native American land, where firefighters were fighting a 20-acre fire. The fire reportedly began in a structure before spreading to surrounding brush.
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