Two people were injured in a helicopter crash in Summit County this morning.
Their names have not been released. One was airlifted by to St. Anthony Central Hospital in Denver.
The second person was still being transported down from the mountain by the The Summit Rescue Group at 5:30 p.m., according to the Summit County Sheriff’s office, according to the Summit County Sheriffs Office.
The Bell 206 crashed at about 11:30 a.m. about 2.5 miles west of the Blue Lakes Dam near Hoosier Pass while delivering supplies to a mine in the area.
The crash site is at about 13,000 feet in elevation the Monte Cristo Creek drainage area, the Sheriff’s Department said.
The helicopter belongs to Aviation Tech Services of Englewood. A second ATS helicopter went looking for the downed aircraft after the company lost radio transmission, according to authorities. The crash site was found at about 2:45 p.m., according to the Sheriff’s Department.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.
