Radio scanner chatter and tips report the military craft is a V-22 Osprey that had five personnel on board, and there are unconfirmed reports of causalities and it being a hazardous material — possibly radioactive material — situation.
What appeared to be two military helicopters were circling the area about one to three miles south of Highway 78. A thin column of smoke was seen rising in that area around 2 p.m., but it was no longer visible.
California Office of Emergency Services, Brawley Fire Department and Imperial County Sheriff’s Office vehicles, in addition to county fire vehicles, could be seen in the area. Two ambulances were seen leaving the site as a reporter from this publication was arriving, but the vehicles were driving the speed limit with no lights and no sirens.
A military aircraft operated by the Marines has crashed in California, with all five people on board believed to have been killed. The MV-22B Osprey, a tiltrotor, was flying near Glamis.
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