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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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NTSB investigator Carol Hogan examines the wreckage. Photo: AP
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.

The hillside scene of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight other people. Photo: TNS
The hillside scene of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight other people. Photo: TNS
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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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