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Nov 1, 2007, 18:35 GMT

Two separate helicopter crashes in 20 minutes kill 2 in Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo - Two people died and four others were injured Thursday in Brazil, in two separate helicopter accidents that happened in the industrial metropolis of Sao Paulo within just 20 minutes of each other. According to the fire department, one of the accidents occurred in Carapicuiba, in the Sao Paulo metropolitan area, and claimed the lives of an elderly woman and a 20-year-old man. A couple that was also on board was admitted to the intensive care unit of Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein Hospital. Twenty minutes after the first accident, another helicopter crashed on a golf course at a hotel in the Sao Paulo suburb of Mogi das Cruzes, also injuring its two occupants. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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