Access Bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe, his wife and son have died in a helicopter crash in California, United State.
The Alarmee reports that crash occurred on Friday night near California-Nevada border with six people on board and no survivor reported.
Wigwe and others were reportedly heading for Las Vegas to watch Super Bowl, the annual league championship game of the National Football League (NFL) of the United States.
The New York Post quoted the Federal Aviation Administration as saying that the Eurocopter EC130 helicopter crashed at around 10 p.m. local time near Nipton, Calif., an unincorporated community about 60 miles south of Las Vegas in eastern San Bernardino County.
Officials at the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department were made aware of the downed aircraft at 10:12 p.m. local time, Mara Rodriguez, a public information officer with the department, said in a statement, adding that the scene of the crash was determined to be east of Interstate 15, near Halloran Springs Road.
The National Transportation Safety Board and F.A.A. are investigating the crash, officials said. Representatives from the N.T.S.B. are expected to arrive at the site on Saturday, the newspaper reported.
