Fatal Helicopter Crash Subject of New Civil Suit

MEDFORD, OR -- Another wrongful death suit has been filed in conjunction with the crash of a Carson Helicopter fighting a fire in Northern California last summer.

The suit, filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court Friday, seeks $8 million on behalf of Shawn Blazer's estate, represented by his mother, Verna Wilson, from the aircraft's owner, manufacturers and a maintenance company.

Blazer, 30, of Medford, was one of nine men killed Aug. 5 when the helicopter crashed moments after take-off while transporting crews battling a complex of wildland fires in and around Northern California's Trinity Alps Wilderness.

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