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State Police said the helicopter involved in a crash in rural Albemarle County on Saturday afternoon was assisting public safety resources responding to the alt-right rally in Charlottesville.

Police identified the two victims as 48-year-old Lieutenant H. Jay Cullen of Midlothian and Trooper-Pilot Berke Bates on Quinton.

Nobody on the ground was injured from the crash.

State Police, the FAA and NTSB are investigating what caused the crash.

“Our state police and law enforcement family at-large are mourning this tragic outcome to an already challenging day,” said Colonel W. Steven Flaherty, Virginia State Police Superintendent.

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A helicopter crash killing two people was linked to white nationalist clashes in Charlottesville, the Associated Press reports.

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Two people are dead after a helicopter crashed in Albemarle County on Saturday afternoon.

It happened near a home on Old Farm Road near a golf course.

Virginia State Police are investigating.

The agency posted on Facebook that two people died and nobody on the ground was injured.

According to a reporter from WCAV-TV, state police have yet to confirm who owns the aircraft.