A helicopter crash on Jan. 2 claimed the lives of four family members from Oregon in a remote area of Pinal County, Arizona. Officials said the aircraft struck a slackline stretched across a canyon just before 11 a.m. local time.
The helicopter crashed in Telegraph Canyon, south of Superior and about 65 miles east of Phoenix, according to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office.
Search and rescue teams reached the wreckage later that evening and confirmed four fatalities, according to the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board were investigating the crash.
Family members have identified the four passengers as David McCarty, 59, Rachel McCarty, 23, Faith McCarty, 21, and Katelyn Heideman, 22. The identities have not yet been officially released by the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.
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