Firefighting helicopters collide mid-air
In a tragic turn of events, a mid-air collision between two firefighting helicopters in Riverside County, California, resulted in three fatalities on Sunday evening. The incident occurred as the helicopters were battling a brush fire, around 7:20 p.m. local time. The helicopters were deployed to control a fire that had spread across 20 acres of Native American land near Cabazon, as per the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. The collision transpired near Pipeline Road and Apache …