Two people confirmed dead in Yorkshire Dales helicopter crash
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Two people have died after a helicopter crashed in the Yorkshire Dales, it has been confirmed.
The aircraft came down in a field off Bentham Road near Burton in Lonsdale, North Yorkshire, just before noon.
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Emergency services, including an air ambulance, were scrambled to the scene at the edge of the Yorkshire Dales as police urged people to avoid the area.
A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said: "A full investigation is underway into the cause of a helicopter crash near Ingleton.
"Two people were sadly killed as a result of the crash. Their families are being supported by specially trained officers."
The force said a full road closure was in place on the A65 and at the junction of Bentham Moor Road and have urged people to avoid the area.