Pedestrian, three others killed in helicopter crash in British Columbia

May 21, 2008 

A 23-year-old Kenyan man was crushed and killed and three others died after a helicopter crashed in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada on May 13. All on board the helicopter, two passengers and the pilot of the helicopter, were also killed. 
Considered a freak accident, the attention was not centered around the crash or those killed in it, but whether or not the volume on the iPod the 23-year-old pedestrian was allegedly listening to was too loud. 
Isaiah Otieno, a student at the College of the Rockies arrived in Canada two years ago and was the son of Dalmas Otieno, Kenya's Minister of State for Public Service. He was walking down the street to retrieve his mail when the Bell 206 helicopter crashed on top of him, crushed him, then dragged his body along the pavement, with the helicopter bursting into flames. The helicopter pilot was unable to maintain altitude when it crashed, killing Otieno and those inside the helicopter, instantly. The cause of the crash is not known and is still being investigated, but media outlets such as "The Globe and Mail" criticized the boy for wearing headphones and having the volume turned up too high, which allegedly caused him not to hear the aircraft falling from the sky.
Pedestrian , three others killed in helicopter crash in British Columbia May 21 , 2008 A 23 - year - old Kenyan man was crushed and killed and three others died after a helicopter crashed in Cranbrook , British Columbia , Canada on May 13 . All on board the helicopter , two passengers and the pilot of the helicopter , were also killed . Considered a freak accident , the attention was not centered around the crash or those killed in it , but whether or not the volume on the iPod the 23 - year - old pedestrian was allegedly listening to was too loud . Isaiah Otieno , a student at the College of the Rockies arrived in Canada two years ago and was the son of Dalmas Otieno , Kenya 's Minister of State for Public Service . He was walking down the street to retrieve his mail when the Bell 206 helicopter crashed on top of him , crushed him , then dragged his body along the pavement , with the helicopter bursting into flames . The helicopter pilot was unable to maintain altitude when it crashed , killing Otieno and those inside the helicopter , instantly . The cause of the crash is not known and is still being investigated , but media outlets such as " The Globe and Mail " criticized the boy for wearing headphones and having the volume turned up too high , which allegedly caused him not to hear the aircraft falling from the sky .
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