A HELICOPTER crashed into a field near Glastonbury this afternoon.
At around 2.20pm Avon and Somerset Police received a report of a small helicopter crashing in south-east Glastonbury in an area near Cinnamon Lane.
The helicopter came down in an open area and no one on the ground was injured.
The helicopter pilot, the only person on board, has been airlifted to Frenchay Hospital with a serious head injury.
The Air Accident Investigation Branch have been informed and are sending an investigation team to the scene to assist police.
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