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Sheriff: Helicopter Spraying Insecticide Crashes, Pilot Able To Walk Away

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A helicopter pilot is in the hospital after crashing while spraying insecticide in Dakota County Thursday morning.

According to the county sheriff's office, the helicopter crashed in a crop field near 180th Street and Lillehei Avenue in Marshan Township.

The pilot was able to walk to the ambulance and was then taken to the hospital.

Details are limited at this time.

Dakota County Mosquito Helicopter Crash
(credit: Dakota County Sheriff's Office)
Dakota County Mosquito Helicopter Crash
(credit: Dakota County Sheriff's Office)
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