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New York Post
27 Sep 2023


NextImg:Hover and out! Trucker jams pricey chopper under Louisiana overpass

It was a most unusual helicopter crash.

A truck driver got stuck in an overpass in Louisiana when a $30 million chopper he was hauling became jammed in it.

A truck driver got stuck in an overpass in Louisiana when a $30 million chopper he was carrying got jammed in it.
WBRZ
The craft’s rotor apparently struck a support beam on the underside of the bridge, which passes 15 feet above the road, according to reports.
Sheriff Jason Ard Livingston Parish

A shocking image posted by WBRZ shows the chopper, which was loaded on a towing trailer, lodged under the Interstate 12 overpass in Denham Springs after the Friday mishap on Range Avenue.

The craft’s rotor apparently struck a support beam on the underside of the bridge, which passes 15 feet above the road, according to signs along the route. 

The driver, Miguel Rodriguez, 56, of Texas-based International Machine Transport, was ticketed for careless operation, police said.

A shocking image shows the chopper lodged under the Interstate 12 overpass in Denham Springs on Range Avenue.
Sheriff Jason Ard Livingston Parish
The aircraft was being transported from Georgia to Lafayette, Louisiana, police said.
WBRZ

Officials did not release details about the whirlybird, but it appeared to resemble a Sikorsky S-92, which costs nearly $30 million, according to the news outlet.

The aircraft was being transported from Georgia to Lafayette, Louisiana, police said.