January 13, 2016
From BlueMountainEagle.com
RITTER — A helicopter pilot and his passenger were injured in a crash near Ritter Butte Wednesday morning.
Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer said a helicopter being used to hunt coyotes ran out of fuel and crashed into several juniper trees on a rock outcropping on property owned by Paul Walton in northern Grant County.
The single passenger, Cody J. Cole, 34, walked away from the crash, Palmer said, but Cole and the pilot were transported to Blue Mountain Hospital in John Day.
Palmer said the helicopter and pilot were hired by a number of people who were hunting coyotes on adjoining properties in the area.