Philippine police chief and top aides survive helicopter crash


Philippine National Police chief Archie Gamboa was conscious when pulled out of the wreckage. The helicopter crashed in San Pedro city, 40km south of Manila, early on March 5, 202. - Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN

MANILA (The Straits Times/ANN): A helicopter carrying the Philippines’ top police official and his aides crashed at a police camp south of Manila early on Thursday (March 5).

General Archie Gamboa, head of the 191,000-strong Philippine National Police (PNP), survived. He was conscious when taken to a hospital, PNP Highway Patrol Group chief Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson Doromal told CNN Philippines.

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