Lumberton,NJ : Pilot ID’d in crash that killed country singer on September, Friday 8th 2017

The Latest on a helicopter crash that killed country singer Troy Gentry, half of the duo Montgomery Gentry (all times local):

5:55 p.m.

A helicopter pilot who died in a New Jersey crash along with singer Troy Gentry, of the country duo Montgomery Gentry, has been identified.

A Medford Police Department spokesman says the pilot was 30-year-old James Evan Robinson, of Meigs, Georgia. Crews removed Robinson’s body from the mangled wreckage after several hours.

The helicopter crashed in a wooded area while approaching the Flying W Airport in Medford on Friday afternoon, hours before Montgomery Gentry was due to perform at a resort housed at the airport.

Authorities say Gentry was a passenger in the helicopter and crews removed him from the wreckage but he was pronounced dead at a hospital. Gentry was from Kentucky.

The band’s website calls Gentry’s death “tragic” and says details of the crash are unknown.




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Pilot ID’d in crash that killed country singer