Student pilot injured
Lisa Hobbs|September 4, 2026|1 min readLISA HOBBS - News Editor
A helicopter crashed at approximately 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3., injuring one.
According to Warren County Emergency Management and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the helicopter landed at the airport to refuel. As it departed the airstrip, it experienced a mechanical failure and came down near the end of the runway.
The pilot, a male student in training, reportedly sustained facial injuries and was transported to Ascension Saint Thomas River Park Hospital.
The NTSB is leading the investigation into the cause of the crash. No further details on the mechanical failure have been released.
The crash briefly closed Warren County Memorial Airport for the emergency response.
Names have not been released.
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Lisa Hobbs
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Lisa Hobbs is an award-winning writer. She has 21 years of experience in newspaper journalism, including 17 years at a publication in Warren County. During that timeframe, she covered both city and county governments, education, wrecks, fires, crime, community events, and wrote a popular Sunday column named Just A Thought. “My desire at Warren County Way is to return ethical and dedicated news coverage to the community I served for almost two decades.”
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