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Copter crashes, kills 4 during severe New Mexico fire season

CORRECTS DATE TO SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022, NOT MONDAY, JULY 18 2022 - A procession carrying the four victims of a Bernalillo County Sheriff Office helicopter crash heads south on Interstate 25., Sunday, July 17, 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

CORRECTS DATE TO SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022, NOT MONDAY, JULY 18 2022 - Santa Fe County La Cienega District Firefighters pay homage as a procession carrying the four victims of a Bernalillo County Sheriff Office helicopter crash heads south on Interstate 25, Sunday, July 17, 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

CORRECTS DATE TO SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022, NOT MONDAY, JULY 18 2022 - Santa Fe County La Cienega District Firefighters salute as a procession carrying the four victims of a Bernalillo County Sheriff Office helicopter crash heads south on Interstate 25, Sunday, July 17, 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

CORRECTS DATE TO SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022, NOT MONDAY, JULY 18 2022 - A New Mexico State Police Officer mans a gate leading to the helicopter crash site, Sunday, July 17, 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. Four people have been killed in a crash of a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office helicopter that was headed back to Albuquerque after assisting firefighters in another New Mexico city, authorities said. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

CORRECTS DATE TO SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022, NOT MONDAY, JULY 18, 2022 - Investigators and first responders gather at a helicopter crash site, Sunday, July 17, 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. Four people have been killed in a crash of a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office helicopter that was headed back to Albuquerque after assisting firefighters in another New Mexico city, authorities said. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

CORRECTS DATE TO SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022, NOT MONDAY, JULY 18 2022 - A procession carrying the four victims of a Bernalillo County Sheriff Office helicopter crash heads south on Interstate 25., Sunday, July 17, 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

CORRECTS DATE TO SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022, NOT MONDAY, JULY 18 2022 - Santa Fe County La Cienega District Firefighters pay homage as a procession carrying the four victims of a Bernalillo County Sheriff Office helicopter crash heads south on Interstate 25, Sunday, July 17, 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

CORRECTS DATE TO SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022, NOT MONDAY, JULY 18 2022 - Santa Fe County La Cienega District Firefighters salute as a procession carrying the four victims of a Bernalillo County Sheriff Office helicopter crash heads south on Interstate 25, Sunday, July 17, 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

CORRECTS DATE TO SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022, NOT MONDAY, JULY 18 2022 - A New Mexico State Police Officer mans a gate leading to the helicopter crash site, Sunday, July 17, 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. Four people have been killed in a crash of a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office helicopter that was headed back to Albuquerque after assisting firefighters in another New Mexico city, authorities said. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

CORRECTS DATE TO SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022, NOT MONDAY, JULY 18, 2022 - Investigators and first responders gather at a helicopter crash site, Sunday, July 17, 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. Four people have been killed in a crash of a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office helicopter that was headed back to Albuquerque after assisting firefighters in another New Mexico city, authorities said. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

CORRECTS DATE TO SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022, NOT MONDAY, JULY 18 2022 - A procession carrying the four victims of a Bernalillo County Sheriff Office helicopter crash heads south on Interstate 25., Sunday, July 17, 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

CORRECTS DATE TO SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022, NOT MONDAY, JULY 18 2022 - Santa Fe County La Cienega District Firefighters pay homage as a procession carrying the four victims of a Bernalillo County Sheriff Office helicopter crash heads south on Interstate 25, Sunday, July 17, 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

CORRECTS DATE TO SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022, NOT MONDAY, JULY 18 2022 - Santa Fe County La Cienega District Firefighters salute as a procession carrying the four victims of a Bernalillo County Sheriff Office helicopter crash heads south on Interstate 25, Sunday, July 17, 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

CORRECTS DATE TO SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022, NOT MONDAY, JULY 18 2022 - A New Mexico State Police Officer mans a gate leading to the helicopter crash site, Sunday, July 17, 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. Four people have been killed in a crash of a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office helicopter that was headed back to Albuquerque after assisting firefighters in another New Mexico city, authorities said. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

CORRECTS DATE TO SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022, NOT MONDAY, JULY 18, 2022 - Investigators and first responders gather at a helicopter crash site, Sunday, July 17, 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. Four people have been killed in a crash of a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office helicopter that was headed back to Albuquerque after assisting firefighters in another New Mexico city, authorities said. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

A procession carrying the four victims of a Bernalillo County Sheriff Office helicopter crash heads south on Interstate 25., Monday, July 18 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Santa Fe County La Cienega District Firefighters pay homage as a procession carrying the four victims of a Bernalillo County Sheriff Office helicopter crash heads south on Interstate 25, Monday, July 18 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Santa Fe County La Cienega District Firefighters salute as a procession carrying the four victims of a Bernalillo County Sheriff Office helicopter crash heads south on Interstate 25, Monday, July 18 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

A New Mexico State Police Officer mans a gate leading to the helicopter crash site, Monday, July 18 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. Four people have been killed in a crash of a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office helicopter that was headed back to Albuquerque after assisting firefighters in another New Mexico city, authorities said. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Investigators and first responders gather at a helicopter crash site, Monday, July 18 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M., about 123 miles (197 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque. Four people have been killed in a crash of a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office helicopter that was headed back to Albuquerque after assisting firefighters in another New Mexico city, authorities said. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

This image from video provided by KOAT, shows scene where four people were killed in a crash of a Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office helicopter that was headed back to Albuquerque after assisting firefighters near Las Vegas, N.M., on Sunday, July 17, 2022. Sheriff's officials say three people from the sheriff's office and a county firefighter were aboard the helicopter when it went down on Saturday evening. (KOAT via AP)

In this undated photo provided by the Bernalillo County Fire Department shows Lt. Matthew King, one of four people killed in a crash of a Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office helicopter that was headed back to Albuquerque after assisting firefighters in another New Mexico city, authorities said Sunday, July 17, 2022. Killed in the crash were Undersheriff Larry Koren, Lt. Fred Beers, Deputy Michael Levison and county Fire and Rescue Department Specialist Matthew King, according to sheriff's officials. (Bernalillo County Fire Department via AP)

In this undated photo provided by the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office is Deputy Michael Levison, one of four people killed in a crash of a Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office helicopter that was headed back to Albuquerque after assisting firefighters in another New Mexico city, authorities said Sunday, July 17, 2022. Killed in the crash were Undersheriff Larry Koren, Lt. Fred Beers, Deputy Michael Levison and county Fire and Rescue Department Specialist Matthew King, according to sheriff's officials. (Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office via AP)

This undated image provided by the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office shows Lt. Fred Beers, one of four people killed in a crash of a Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office helicopter that was headed back to Albuquerque after assisting firefighters in another New Mexico city, authorities said Sunday, July 17, 2022. Killed in the crash were Undersheriff Larry Koren, Lt. Fred Beers, Deputy Michael Levison and county Fire and Rescue Department Specialist Matthew King, according to sheriff's officials. (Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office via AP)

This undated photo provided by the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office, shows Undersheriff Larry Koren, one of four people killed in a crash of a Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office helicopter that was headed back to Albuquerque after assisting firefighters in another New Mexico city, authorities said Sunday, July 17, 2022. Killed in the crash were Koren, Lt. Fred Beers, Deputy Michael Levison and county Fire and Rescue Department Specialist Matthew King, according to sheriff's officials. (Frank Frost/Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office via AP)

This combo of undated images provided by the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office and Bernalillo County Fire Department, shows, from left, Undersheriff Larry Koren, Lt. Fred Beers, Deputy Michael Levison and county Fire and Rescue Department Specialist Matthew King. The four were killed in a crash of a Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office helicopter that was headed back to Albuquerque after assisting firefighters in another New Mexico city, authorities said Sunday, July 17, 2022. (Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office and Bernalillo County Fire Department via AP)

Copter crashes, kills 4 during severe New Mexico fire season