UPDATE: The pilot and sole occupant of a helicopter that crashed at Deloraine on Wednesday was a 37-year-old man from Bridport.
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Tasmania Police said the man was in the Launceston General Hospital with non-life threatening, but still serious, injuries.
He has broken bones and facial cuts.
The crash involved a white Schweizer 300C Helicopter, which clipped power lines while it was spraying crops about 12.40pm.
The helicopter was “completely destroyed” and its debris was scattered across a paddock.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau, police forensics, and Work Safe Tasmania were notified of the incident.
EARLIER: A helicopter crashed after clipping a powerline on Long Ridge Road, Deloraine.
Tasmania Police said the male pilot sustained a serious head injury.
Police and emergency Services are at the scene.
Tasmania Fire Service dispatched one light tanker to the incident.
