TOWN OF LEROY — A pilot was killed just before 7 a.m. this morning when he was struck by the rotor blade on a helicopter.
The pilot had landed the aircraft safely just east of Highway Z and the Horicon Marsh, between Reiser and Bauer roads. He was inspecting the aircraft when he was struck in the head by its rear rotor blade, according to the Dodge County Sheriff's Department.
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Terrible way to go but an accident you hear too often. I can't understand why he was attempting to inspect a moving blade?