A helicopter that crashed shortly after leaving a Texas wedding reception, killing the bride and groom and a pilot, had collided with a steep hillside near the ranch where the nuptials were held, the National Transportation Safety Board has said.
Reports say cause of the crash hasn't been determined, and the report offers no clue of what may have caused the Bell 206 helicopter to go down near Uvalde, about 70 miles west of San Antonio.
The crash killed William Troy Byler and Bailee Raye Ackerman Byler, who were both 24, and pilot Gerald Green Lawrence who was 76.
The helicopter crashed about five to ten minutes after takeoff, strewing wreckage across the rugged hillside about five miles from the nearest road and leaving the main body of the aircraft 'hanging perilously.'
Investigators retrieved the wreckage in order to perform a closer inspection.
The NTSB report noted that first responders had to attach ropes to the wrecked helicopter to keep it from rolling down the steep hillside.
The cause of the crash hasn't been determined, but a preliminary NTSB report should be issued in a couple of weeks.
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