AZUSA, Calif.—Three people were in the hospital on March 20 from a sheriff’s helicopter crash near the San Gabriel Dam in the Angeles National Forest near Azusa that injured six people. Five of those victims were taken to a hospital, according to Los Angeles County Fire Department dispatcher, but two of the five were not hospitalized, according to a spokeswoman at the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. The six people aboard the aircraft were believed to be five deputies and a UCLA doctor on a ride-long. The crash occurred at 4:50 p.m. Saturday near Highway 39’s Mile Marker 21.7 in the San Gabriel Dam area, said Deputy Alejandra Parra of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. The helicopter was en route to a call for an air evacuation of victims from a nearby vehicle collision when it crashed, Parra said. During a news conference late Saturday, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said all …
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