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Access Bank Ex-GMD, CEO Access Corporation Herbert Wigwe, Wife, Son, 3 Others Die In Helicopter Crash In California

Access Bank Group Managing Director (GMD) and co-founder and CEO of Access Corporation, an African financial services giant, Herbert Wigwe, died on Saturday in a helicopter crash in the United States (U.S.).

Wigwe was on the helicopter with his wife, his son, and Abimbola Ogunbanjo, a Nigerian lawyer.

Sources confirmed that the chopper was headed to Las Vegas when it crashed near a border city between Nevada and California on Friday night. 

Daily Mail also reports that six people were feared dead after the horrific helicopter crash in California marking the state’s second fatal accident in under a week. 

Officials said the helicopter crashed near Nipton on the edge of the Mojave Desert late on Friday evening

The helicopter, a Eurocopter EC 130, had been carrying six people onboard at the time of the incident 

It comes just days after a Navy chopper carrying five troops crashed during a routine training flight in Pine Valley, California

The helicopter carrying six people crashed in San Bernardino County overnight, with authorities saying they have been unable to locate any survivors.

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said they had been made aware of the downed aircraft near Baker shortly after 10 pm on Friday. 

In a statement, they said, “We are not able to confirm how many people were on board or their names. No survivors have been located.” 

The FAA confirmed that the Eurocopter EC 130 crashed near Nipton on the edge of the Mojave Desert Preserve, and is east of the 15 Freeway near Halloran Springs. 

According to NBC, the helicopter is registered to a Burbank-based tour company called Orbic Air. 

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