Newly acquired Police Chopper crashes in Mathare North, Nairobi

KENYA: A few hours after a plane crashed in Naivasha, a newly acquired police chopper crashed in Mathare North, Nairobi.

According to TukoNews, The police Air Wing chopper has crashed in Mathare North 4A leaving four police officers badly injured.

Police said the four officers were flying in the aircraft when it developed mechanical problems while airborne.

Curious Mathare residents then rushed to the scene as well as rescue operators led by the National Youth Service (NYS).

The Police Chopper Before Crashing in Mathare.

Below is a video of the police chopper crashing;

raw footage, @NPSOfficial_KE mathare chopper crash,dropped from the sky like a sack of potatoes pic.twitter.com/CIlQTA23GH

— HON KIBUCHI MWAI (@mkibuchis_Mzito) September 8, 2016