12 News KBMT and K-JAC. News, Weather and Sports for SE TexasHelicopter crashes near Silsbee; one man seriously hurt
DPS troopers are on the scene investigating a helicopter crash that has left one man seriously injured.
The crash happened Saturday around 1 p.m. off Firetower Road northwest of Silsbee.
According to DPS Sgt. Chuck Havard, Johnny Middlebrook, 60, of Alabama, was flying his single-engine helicopter when the engine failed.
It is still unknown why the engine failed.
Middlebrook was transferred toChristus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont with serious injuries.
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