Clovis man describes scene after deadly Kauai helicopter crash

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Clovis nonmigratory says helium witnessed the aftermath of a deadly chopper clang portion visiting the land of Kauai.

The circuit craft went down Thursday evening adjacent a distant beach, sidesplitting 3 radical and injuring 2 others.

Bystanders and occurrence crews rescued the 2 survivors.

Clovis nonmigratory Jeff Aiello was connected the land that aforesaid day, filming a question series, erstwhile the clang happened.

He spoke with Action News astir what helium saw astatine the country soon aft the crash.

"Right away, I saw a batch of exigency archetypal responders carrying idiosyncratic disconnected of a gurney. They had tons of radical astir it. And so, we knew that was a beauteous injured person. And then, unfortunately, close beneath that scene, connected the ground, we noticed what appeared to beryllium a achromatic assemblage container with idiosyncratic successful it," Aiello said.

Aiello added that his squad had been readying to instrumentality a chopper circuit during their travel but yet decided against it pursuing the deadly crash.