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Agriculture Helicopter Crashes Into Power Lines; Pilot Recovering

Summary by The Hancock Clarion
By Jennifer Wimmer A single-passenger crop-dusting helicopter clipped live high voltage power lines while spraying pesticides onto crops between 10:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25th, causing it to go down in a nearby corn field in the south of Hancock County. The ag pilot, Brandon Lanham, managed to escape the wreckage, thankfully. Local first responders on the scene reported that Lanham was taken to Owensboro Health Regional Hospital b…
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Agriculture Helicopter Crashes Into Power Lines; Pilot Recovering

By Jennifer Wimmer A single-passenger crop-dusting helicopter clipped live high voltage power lines while spraying pesticides onto crops between 10:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25th, causing it to go down in a nearby corn field in the south of Hancock County. The ag pilot, Brandon Lanham, managed to escape the wreckage, thankfully. Local first responders on the scene reported that Lanham was taken to Owensboro Health Regional Hospital b…

·Hawesville, United States
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The Hancock Clarion broke the news in Hawesville, United States on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
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