SACRAMENTO: An aircraft that appeared to be a medical helicopter crashed on a highway in Sacramento on Monday evening, closing the eastbound lanes, according to officials.
The crash happened just after 7 p.m., according to officer Mike Carrillo, a spokesperson for the Valley Division of California Highway Patrol.
In images posted online, a long line of cars on Highway 50 could be seen backed up just behind a crashed helicopter. Information about the number of people on board or injuries was not immediately available.
“The cause of the crash is still under investigation and multiple agencies are responding,” Carrillo said, adding that emergency crews and CHP were on the scene.
He said residents should expect delays on the highway and use alternate routes.
“We ask the public to avoid the area and allow emergency crews to work safely,” he said.
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Helicopter crashes onto highway in Sacramento, closing eastbound lanes
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Helicopter crashes onto highway in Sacramento, closing eastbound lanes
- Information about the number of people on board or injuries was not immediately available
- Authorities say the cause of the crash is still under investigation
German authorities arrest five men suspected of planning Christmas market attack
BERLIN: German authorities have arrested five men suspected of being terrorist militants planning an attack on a Christmas market in southern Bavaria, police and prosecutors said in a joint statement. There has been a series of vehicle ramming attacks in Germany since a militant rammed a hijacked truck into a Christmas market in central Berlin in 2016. Last December several people were killed by an attack in Magdeburg.
Three Moroccan nationals aged 22, 28 and 30, an Egyptian national aged 56 and a 37-year-old Syrian were detained on Friday at the Suben border crossing between Germany and Austria, according to the joint statement late on Saturday.
Investigators believed that the men intended to drive a vehicle into a crowded market in the Dingolfing-Landau area with the aim of killing or injuring as many people as possible, the statement said, adding that authorities suspected a militant motive.
Three Moroccan nationals aged 22, 28 and 30, an Egyptian national aged 56 and a 37-year-old Syrian were detained on Friday at the Suben border crossing between Germany and Austria, according to the joint statement late on Saturday.
Investigators believed that the men intended to drive a vehicle into a crowded market in the Dingolfing-Landau area with the aim of killing or injuring as many people as possible, the statement said, adding that authorities suspected a militant motive.
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