BREAKING: Helicopter Crashes In Lagos (photos)

BREAKING: Helicopter Crashes In Lagos (Photos/Video)

A video showing a yet-to-be-identified helicopter crashed in the Oba Akran area in Ikeja, Lagos State, has surfaced online.

A CCTV camera caught the moment the helicopter crashed and bursted into flames.

Scene, after the crash.

Meanwhile, Police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident via micro blogging site, Twitter on Tuesday. He disclosed that the pilot and co-pilot of the helicopter had been evacuated from the crash site and taken to a hospital.

According to his tweet: “ONGOING: @LagosPoliceNG CP Idowu Owohunwa at the site, on Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja, where a light aircraft crash landed.

“Pilot and co-pilot have been evacuated to a medical facility. The situation is under control as evacuation is almost complete.”

See moment the helicopter crashed below..

CCTV footage of the helicopter crash at Oba Akran, Ikeja this afternoon.pic.twitter.com/lCFQWO1jVi

— YabaLeftOnline (@yabaleftonline) August 1, 2023

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