Spanish Siemens executive, wife and 3 children among those killed in NYC helicopter crash
New York authorities have named two of the adult victims who died in Thursday’s fatal helicopter crash as Agustín Escobar and Merce Camprubi Montal, a married couple from Spain.
A spokesperson for City Hall said overnight that they were among the three adults and three children to have died in the accident.
The Spanish Foreign Ministry confirmed that the couple’s three children died in the helicopter crash. Mayor Eric Adams said Friday morning on Fox5’s “Good Day New York” that the children were 4, 8 and 10. The Jersey City Mayor’s office told NBC News that the 8-year-old would have been celebrating a birthday on Friday.
The pilot, Sean Johnson, was identified as the third adult victim, a senior New York City official told NBC New York.
In the devastating incident, the chopper appeared to break in midair and crashed upside down into the Hudson River.
The cause of the crash is unknown and is under investigation.
Escobar was a senior executive with the German technology firm Siemens and was the CEO of rail infrastructure at its Siemens Mobility Division. Previously, he was the CEO and president of Siemens Spain, according to a company announcement.
