Helicopter crashes in Quebec field, catches fire

By The Canadian Press

Posted Feb 2, 2018 12:24:00 AM.

Last Updated Feb 2, 2018 01:00:15 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. – Quebec provincial police say a helicopter crashed into a field in Drummondville on Thursday night.

But police spokesman Louis-Philippe Bibeau said it was too early to comment on the state of the person or persons on board.

Emergency services were called to the scene just north of the city at about 9 p.m.

Bibeau says the crash also caused a fire.

Drummondville is about 110 kilometres northeast of Montreal.

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