Three people died in two separate accidents in Newton County Friday.
The pilot of a helicopter died after he crashed on FM 1414 Friday around 1:30pm. He was the only person in the helicopter. Another man on the ground was reportedly injured when he was struck by a piece of the rotary wing aircraft.
Then a short time later, a vehicle accident on FM 363 in the Bleakwood community killed two people. A Ford F-250 pickup truck driven by Sherrill Reese, 65, veered off the road and overturned. Vyazma Todd, a 37 year old passenger in the vehicle and both were pronounced dead at the scene.
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