THREE people have been injured after a helicopter crashed on a busy Spanish motorway shortly after taking off.
The chopper came down on the M40 motorway near Madrid apparently after being destabilised by strong winds.
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The aircraft also hit a car as it came down on the motorway ring road on Friday morning.
Two people were in the helicopter, one was able to exit on foot, while the other was rescued from the wreckage by firefighters, an emergency service spokesperson told Reuters.
Both were injured in the crash, as was the driver of the car hit by the helicopter, emergency services said.
One of the crash survivors had a light head injury, another seems to have a broken femur and the third suffered light injuries, the spokesperson said.
Their nationalities are not yet known.
El Mundo newspaper showed pictures of yellow wreckage near the pillar of a motorway bridge.
The Spanish paper also reported that a strong gust of wind could have caused the crash.
Despite the fact it came down on a busy motorway, there are no other reports at this stage of…
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