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A tragic helicopter accident in Hammonton, New Jersey, resulted in one fatality and left another person critically injured when two helicopters collided and crash-landed on Sunday morning, according to authorities.
The Hammonton Police Department informed Fox News Digital that they started receiving reports of an aircraft collision at around 11:25 a.m. The incident involved two helicopters in the vicinity of the 100 block of Basin Road.
Emergency services, including police, fire, and EMS, rushed to the scene and managed to extinguish a fire that had engulfed one of the helicopters.
Both the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have been alerted and are set to conduct a thorough investigation into the crash, stated the police.
The collision between the two helicopters took place on Sunday, December 28, 2025, in Hammonton, New Jersey. (WTXF)
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way wrote on X that she has been updated on the midair collision.
The site of a deadly helicopter collision in Hammonton, N.J., on Dec. 28, 2025. (WTXF)
“The Atlantic County Office of Emergency Management, Hammonton Police Department, and @NJSP personnel are on the scene,” she said.
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