UPDATED: The helicopter was a privately owned MD500 and the pilot has been identified as 59-year-old Thomas Prenzlow of Meeker, Colorado, who was the sole occupant.
MEEKER | The Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office has reported a helicopter crash northeast of Meeker. According to a press release June 26, RBC dispatchers were notified on Wednesday, June 25, at approximately 8 p.m. that a helicopter that took off from the Meeker Airport on Wednesday morning had…