One person is dead after a helicopter crashed outside a small community near the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego County Monday, Cal Fire confirmed.
The crash was reported around 11:20 a.m. in a private field owned by the CBD farm, Sol Valley Ranch, near Round Potrero Road in the census-designated area of Potrero.
The helicopter was a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircraft on a border security mission when the aviation mishap occurred.
JUST IN: A CBP AMO pilot on a border security mission was killed in an “aircraft mishap” on Potrero, California in San Diego County according to CBP.
The pilot was the sole occupant on board and was pronounced deceased at the scene: pic.twitter.com/De1uYRivCM
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“Tragically, a CBP Air Interdiction Agent – the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft – was pronounced deceased at the scene. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available,” Gerrelaine Alcordo with CBP said in a statement to FOX 5/KUSI.
The identity of the pilot is not yet known.
