Carson McElheney Obituary – Death: A prominent landscape architect Carson McElheney, 40, of Atlanta; Alister Pereira, 42, and Charles Ogilvie, 46, were killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday night in Georgia forest.
Alister Pereira and Charles Ogilvie were the pilots of the Robinson R66 chopper in the Oconee National Forest a dozen or so miles south of Monticello.
According to reports, the helicopter crashed a few hours after takeoff from Thomasville, southwest Georgia, as it was passing through central Georgia as heavy rains were moving.
The cause of the wreck remains under investigation.
Jasper County deputies identified the victims as 42-year-old Alister Pereira, 46-year-old Charles Ogilvie, and 40-year-old Carson McElheney. They identified Pereira and Ogilvie as the pilots, and McElheney as the passenger.
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