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Guatemalan tycoon Habie dies in helicopter accident

Monday, October 1, 2012


Guatemalan officials say one of the country's richest men, textile mogul and hotel owner Joe Habie, has died in a helicopter crash.

They say he was the only person on board a helicopter that crashed into a park Friday afternoon.

A student in the park was injured, apparently when the helicopter exploded after crashing.




Source: Associated Press