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Helicopter crash: Kobe Bryant’s body identified by fingerprints
- Authorities on Sunday removed the bodies of at least three victims from the wreckage. Remains of the six remaining victims were located Monday
- Authorities said the impact of the crash was intense, shattering the chopper and sending debris over a wide area
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Medical examiners identified the body of National Basketball Association star Kobe Bryant after recovering the remains of all nine people who died in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles, officials said.
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Bryant’s body was officially identified along with three others using fingerprints, two days after their helicopter crashed into a rugged hillside northwest of the city.
Federal investigators finished their inspection of the crash site, handing it over to local authorities.
“We are done on the site,” said Jennifer Homendy, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Images showed investigators earlier flying drones over the accident site and manually combing through twisted, charred wreckage of the helicopter, which was scattered over a wide area.
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