PNP working closely with CAAP in probe of chopper crash in Lucena 05/20/2010

PNP working closely with CAAP in probe of chopper crash in Lucena

05/20/2010 The Philippine National Police (PNP) is coordinating closely with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) in the ongoing investigation into the helicopter crash that killed Quezon Gov. Rafael Nantes and four other persons in Lucena City last Monday. PNP spokesman Chief Supt. Leonardo Espina said Director General Jesus Verzosa has ordered the PNP’s Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) in Quezon province to forward all evidence and witnesses’ testimonies gathered from the crash site to the CAAP. “We will help in gathering of evidence and testimonies from the crash site. All evidence on the possession of the SOCO team will be presented to CAAP,” said Espina. Aside from Nantes, also killed during the helicopter crash were his security escorts Army M/Sgt. Alfred Dominguez and PO3 Randy Roperez, pilot Capt. Nestor Sanchez and civilian Rowena Navales, 14, who was a resident of one of the three houses hit by the ill-fated aircraft in Jael Subdivision in Barangay Iyam, Lucena City.... MORE   Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20100520nat5.html

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