A helicopter crash in the U.S. state of North Carolina on Tuesday left the pilot dead and the lone passenger injured, local authorities said.
The helicopter, belonging to a private security company, crashed at 1: 33 p.m. local time (1833 GMT) in northeastern North Carolina when its skid caught on an object and flipped over, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
The seriously injured passenger was taken to a nearby hospital.