Complex sentence: Scully's eldest son, Michael, died in a helicopter crash at the age of 33 while working for the ARCO Transportation Company, near Fort Tejon, California, while inspecting oil pipelines for leaks, in the immediate aftermath of the Northridge earthquake in January 1994.
Split into simpler sentences: Scully's eldest son, Michael, died in a helicopter crash at the age of 33 while working for the ARCO Transportation Company. He was inspecting oil pipelines for leaks near Fort Tejon, California in the immediate aftermath of the Northridge earthquake in January 1994.