Crash site. Photo lainformaciondigital.com.do.
La Romana, Dominican Republic.- The five people in the helicopter that crashed Thursday and located near noon yesterday in Batey La Cacata, La Romana, died in the accident, according to authorities.
The victims were identified as the pilot, Dominican Air Force Lt. Col. Roberto Lanfranco, 38; the passengers Richard Philippe, 28, his grandfather, Luis Paul Guitay, both French nationals and the Swiss, Emery Jean- Pierre and Géraldine Moschovis, 46, according to the medical examiner Benito Kelly.
According to outlet Diario Libre, Philippe had the Swiss as his guests at his villa in Casa de Campo, La Romana.