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WCVB-TV Pilot Dies In Texas Chopper Crash

Helicopter Was Headed Toward Oil Rig In Gulf

POSTED: 12:50 pm EST December 12, 2008
UPDATED: 1:36 pm EST December 12, 2008

A Quincy man died when his helicopter went down in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday.

Joe Laugelle, who also piloted Sky 5 for WCVB-TV, was flying a helicopter to an oil rig off the coast of Texas. Two other people died in the crash and two others were reported missing.

Laugelle was doing a temporary job in the Gulf at the time of the crash.

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