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No Survivors In Copter Crash
BEVERLY West Virginia AP rescue teams battled rugged terrain on Cheat Mountain to recover three bodies from a Bell Jet Ranger crash that killed pilot Corporal Carlen Bill Stone paramedic Carlos Dillon and heart patient Alfred Shahan. The craft iced up after takeoff from Elkins en route to Charleston, leaving authorities unsure of the cause. Rescue efforts involved 100 searchers 250 ground personnel and air support as wreckage was finally located and inspected.
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Beverly
W.va
West Virginia
Bell
Carlen Bill Stone
Culloden
Carlos Dillon
East Bank
Alfred Shahan
Parsons
Civil Air Patrol
Kermit Miller
Cheat Mountain
Department of Public Safety
John O’rourke
O’rourke
W.F. Donohoe
Medivac
DPS
Stone
Air Force
West Virginia Air National Guard
Donohoe
Dillon
Kanawha County
Elkins
Charleston
J.R. Buckalew
U.S. Army
Joe Bezjak