Singer Carlos Cuevas describes panic when a helicopter crashed

• Carlos Cuevas describes the panic he experienced when a helicopter crashed.
• He was having dinner with his wife when people started running.
• The identities of the victims who lost their lives are unknown.

There was panic in the air on Sunday. In the early hours of July 17, the tragic news of an accident that took the lives of four people was announced. Now a Mexican singer describes the moments of panic that he experienced during the crash.

On Sunday, a police helicopter crashed in New Mexico, near Las Vegas, about 197 kilometers northeast of Albuquerque, killing four people. Mexican singer Carlos Cuevas was dining at the Caesars Palace restaurant when the accident occurred, El Universal reported.

Four dead in helicopter crash in New Mexico

Through his official Instagram account, Carlos Cuevas shared a series of videos where he talked about how frightening the helicopter crash was. In one of the videos you can see a woman with a wounded and bloody foot after having been hit.

«Something strange is happening at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, they took us to the kitchen, we were having dinner… I don’t know if it was someone with a gun or I don’t know… We really don’t know what is happening but we’re terrified,» said the Mexican singer in a video posted on Instagram. Filed Under: Carlos Cuevas helicopter tragedy.

The singer said that no one in the restaurant was injured

«Nothing happened, it was just a moment of panic that began with two people who came running in, because a very loud noise had been heard, they thought it was a shooting,» said Carlos Cuevas. The woman with a bloody foot in his video is his wife who was injured by glass inside the restaurant after seeing the crowd of people running.

The singer said that everything was broken in the place where he was having dinner, so both diners and employees ran to the kitchen and he said that they had run over many people. «What a scare, but blessed be God that nothing really bad happened and that there were no serious injuries,» you can hear the Ya lo veras singer say. Filed Under: Carlos Cuevas helicopter tragedy.

The identities of the victims and the possible cause of the crash have not been disclosed at this time

According to El Universal, three employees of the police department and a firefighter were on board the aircraft and were killed in the incident. The aircraft’s occupants were returning to Albuquerque after helping local firefighters battle a wildfire.

On the other hand, The Associated Press news agency reported that a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration said that the helicopter, a Bell UH-1H, went down around 10 pm Saturday. New Mexico State Police confirmed the crash at about 12:15 am Sunday. Filed Under: Carlos Cuevas helicopter tragedy.