(Via BIVN) – The Hawaiʻi Fire Department responded to a helicopter crash this morning in Hāmākua.
The helicopter went down in open land 200 yards mauka of Honokaʻa-Waipiʻo Valley Road around 7 a.m. HST.
The 39-year-old male pilot reportedly got out of the crashed helicopter on his own and was transported by medical crews in serious condition to the North Hawaiʻi Community Hospital emergency room.
The cause of the crash was reported to be an engine failure. We will have more information as it becomes available.