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Cropduster Pilot Killed When Helicopter Hits Lines

By AP

Crittenden County, KY – Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board investigators will be in Crittenden County today to look into the crash of a cropdusting helicopter that killed the pilot. Kentucky State Police say 55-year-old Timothy E. Watson of Lawrenceville, Ga., was spraying fungicide and fertilizer late Monday afternoon on a farm field when his helicopter struck power lines. Trooper Matthew Foster says the Robinson Model R44 helicopter came down about 200 feet from the utility lines and burned. Watson's body was found inside the cockpit.