Police in west-central British Columbia have confirmed a heli-skiing helicopter crash Monday has killed three occupants of the aircraft and injured four others. The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA – Three Italians have been identified as the victims in the crash of a helicopter outside Terrace, B.C.
Italy’s news agency ANSA quotes sources as saying one of those killed is Heiner Junior Oberrauch, while his brother Jakob Oberrauch was among the four people injured in Monday’s crash during a heli-skiing trip.
Jakob Oberrauch is the CEO of Sportler Group, an outdoor sport clothing company.
ANSA reports that he is in hospital and conscious.
The agency doesn’t name the other two Italians who died Monday afternoon when the helicopter went down in the mountains with seven people aboard.
Northern Escape Heli-Skiing, based in Terrace, confirmed in a news release that one of it’s helicopters had crashed.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 23, 2024.
