Las Vegas Policeman Killed In Helicopter Fall

A Las Vegas police officer has fallen to his death from a helicopter hoist while rescuing a stranded hiker from a mountain ledge.

David Vanbuskirk was part of the search and rescue team sent to the Mary Jane Falls area of Mount Charleston.

Police said the area was too difficult and dangerous to access on foot and decided to use the helicopter's internal rescue hoist to lower Mr Vanbuskirk on to the mountainside.

He attached a rescue device to the victim but became detached from the hoist line as the pair were being lifted into the helicopter and fell into a canyon below.

The victim remained attached to the cable and was pulled into the aircraft.

A spokesman for Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said the exact distance Mr Vanbuskirk fell is still under investigation but added: "The fall was non-survivable and he perished on impact."

Mr Vanbuskirk had been with the department since October 1999 and was assigned to the search and rescue section in February 2007.

Television cameras captured a procession of police cars driving through the dark with their flashing lights on after the accident in a gesture of respect for the fallen officer.

"We're a big family, a close family, and this is going to be trying on us for quite a while," Las Vegas police assistant sheriff Joseph Lombardo said.

"We will survive it. We'll come back together and hopefully in my lifetime it will never happen again."

The National Transportation Safety Board, Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the police department will investigate, Mr Lombardo added.

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