05 August 2009
Hugh Haugland
Air accident
Two people were killed when a helicopter crashed Wednesday morning northwest of Montreal.
The chopper went down about 240 kilometres from Montreal, killing the pilot and a passenger on board. One of the people killed in the crash was Hugh Haugland, a veteran camera operator who worked for CTV News. Haugland, 44, was the father of two daughters and was the son of former CTV anchorman Bill Haugland, who retired in 2006. Haugland was shooting footage of the destruction left behind by a tornado that touched down in the area on Tuesday night. The other person killed in the crash was Roger Belanger, a veteran pilot and local businessman who was in his 60s. The helicopter crashed near Highway 117 in Mont-Laurier in the Laurentians. One witness told Quebec news channel RDI that the helicopter was burning after it hit the ground, and nothing could be done to save the people inside.
