2 killed in Spring Branch helicopter crash identified

The aircraft crashed on Monday afternoon

SPRING BRANCH, Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety identified the two people killed in the Spring Branch helicopter crash on Friday afternoon.

Kevin Lee Berry, 43, and Richard Scott Herr, 62 — from Spring Branch — were identified as the victims by Comal County Justice of the Peace 1 Tom Clark, according to DPS.

The Hummingbird 260 Helicopter crashed around 3:15 p.m. on Monday in the 600 block of Lantana Ridge, authorities said.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the Texas Department of Public Safety are investigating the crash.

A public information officer with Comal County initially said a plane had crashed.


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