This: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said he is grieving the deaths of the two troopers, Lt. H. Jay Cullen and Trooper-Pilot Berke M. M. Bates, whom he knew personally.
State police identified the victims as pilot Lt. H. Jay Cullen, 48, and Trooper-Pilot Berke M.M. Bates, 40. Both men died at the scene.
McAuliffe frequently uses state police aircraft to travel the state and said Cullen, 48, had been one of his regular pilots. Before joining the aviation unit, Bates has been a member of the state trooper team that guards the governor and his family.
“It was personal to me,” McAuliffe said Sunday morning at a church service. “We were very close.”
Cullen was a 23-year veteran of the department and head of the aviation unit. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
Bates joined the department in 2004, and is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. He transferred to the state police aviation unit last month and was one day away from his 41st birthday.
ONI_Section_3 on August 16th, 2017 at 00:45 UTC »
Has there been any word on what caused the crash?
As far as I know it's mechanical issue or pilot error but I haven't been following the news super closely.
RIP Patriots
wellwhatishername on August 16th, 2017 at 03:19 UTC »
Guess I'm a bad patriot. Who are these guys?
throwaway_circus on August 16th, 2017 at 05:39 UTC »
This: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said he is grieving the deaths of the two troopers, Lt. H. Jay Cullen and Trooper-Pilot Berke M. M. Bates, whom he knew personally.
State police identified the victims as pilot Lt. H. Jay Cullen, 48, and Trooper-Pilot Berke M.M. Bates, 40. Both men died at the scene.
McAuliffe frequently uses state police aircraft to travel the state and said Cullen, 48, had been one of his regular pilots. Before joining the aviation unit, Bates has been a member of the state trooper team that guards the governor and his family.
“It was personal to me,” McAuliffe said Sunday morning at a church service. “We were very close.”
Cullen was a 23-year veteran of the department and head of the aviation unit. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
Bates joined the department in 2004, and is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. He transferred to the state police aviation unit last month and was one day away from his 41st birthday.