Helicopter Crash at Toledo Bend Reservoir

HEMPHILL, Texas (AP) _ The Department of Public Safety says two men from Center have been hurt in the crash of a small helicopter into a shallow part of the Toledo Bend Reservoir.

DPS says the accident happened Wednesday about 14 miles south of Hemphill.

Sgt. Beau Clark says the two men suffered non-life threatening injuries and were transported to a hospital.

Clark says Christopher Tyree flew to his lake home with Bradley Richards. The accident happened as the men were leaving.

KTRE-TV reports the men told investigators that it felt like the helicopter caught something on takeoff, sending the chopper into a spin. The helicopter came to rest on its side in water several feet deep.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford says the cause of the crash is under investigation.

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