Two people died in a helicopter crash Friday in a mountainous area of north-central Utah, authorities say
The helicopter went down north of Alpine, a community about 30 miles south of Salt Lake City, the Utah County Sheriff's Office said.Both people aboard were killed; their names were not immediately released.Authorities began searching Friday afternoon after a relative of someone aboard reported the helicopter overdue. It had taken off from eastern Utah's Uintah County, the sheriff's office said.Searchers found the wreckage shortly before 6:30 p.m. MT, the sheriff's office said.
Read More"We don't know what happened there," Sgt. Spencer Cannon told CNN affiliate KTVX."There was some heavy weather in this area earlier today. Whether that played a role in the crash today, we don't know."An airport roughly 35 miles east of Alpine reported light rain over parts of Friday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
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