Illinois state helicopter crashes in New Mexico

SPRINGFIELD — A helicopter owned by the Illinois Department of Transportation has crashed in New Mexico.

IDOT spokesman Jae Miller tells The State Journal-Register in Springfield that two Illinois state employees were aboard the helicopter at the time of the crash. She says both employees walked away from the crash unharmed.

The crashed happened Saturday afternoon about three miles south of Amistad, N.M.

Miller says the helicopter was traveling to Nevada for maintenance at the request of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.