A police helicopter crashed 11 miles from Charlottesville, where the protest of white nationalists. The crash killed the pilot and passenger, the officers in the district police Department of Virginia — both of them were in the line of duty.
The incident happened on Saturday around 17:00, a few hours after dispersal of meeting of white nationalists and activists of the Ku Klux Klan, during which injured more than three dozen people.
According to a press release police Bell 407 helicopter crashed in a wooded area in the area of old farm road. During the crash victims, Lieutenant Cullen and specialist airborne service Burke Bates, performed tasks associated with the riots. Sunday Bates was about to turn 41 years old, but he was not destined to live to see my birthday.
We will remind that on Friday evening the nationalists gathered near the University of Virginia, protesting against the dismantling of the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from the city Park. Soon, between the protesters and their ideological opponents the conflict began and the situation got out of control. On Saturday morning, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe was forced to declare a state of emergency in Charlottesville, and the police dispersed the rally.
A few hours later the car crashed into a crowd of demonstrators who failed to disperse, as a result, the brow, 1 person died and 19 were injured.
In total from-for mass riots affected 35 people — 15 of them got injured in the scuffles at the rally.
