Helicopter Crash Began With Traffic Stop

[bigbluemsp]

Did anyone out that way monitor this as it happened????????

Helicopter Crash Began With Traffic Stop
Two Men Dead


The helicopter that crashed in Scio Township Thursday afternoon began with a traffic stop.

Police tried to stop a vehicle on Interstate 94, when the person inside the car fled on foot. In an effort to catch the suspect, who was supposed to be in police custody, officers asked for extra help, Local 4 reported.

Chelsea Police Chief Scott Sumner and Chelsea Fire Department Captain Matt Tuttle volunteered to go up in a helicopter to help track the suspect. The chopper went down in the woods on Staebler Road near Jackson Road, according to police.

Both Tuttle and Sumner are dead.

Crews are at the scene, working to determine the cause of the crash.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/8677008/detail.html

[garryd451]

This is Alful!!!!!!

I'll think 0f their families in my prayers.

[SEMTTP]

Yes this was very bad. I knew Matt. He was an awesome Guy. May both of them Rest in Peace

[KI8IK]

Yes, I did; it was a very startling thing to hear.
I was intently listening to the pursuit because I work in the general area.

Events like this give us pause to appreciate the courage of these men and women who put their lives on the line everyday.

God bless them both and comfort their families.

Mike - KI8IK