UPDATE: Three More Victims Of Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant & Daughter Identified
The news on today’s tragic incident involving NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna continues to get worse as the latest updates reveal the other victims.
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According to TMZ’s latest report, Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli, who was chosen as the American Baseball Coaches Association’s national coach of the year in 2019, was also among the victims, along with his wife, Keri, and daughter Alyssa. Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley confirmed that Christina Mauser, a girls’ basketball coach at Harbor Day School, also died in the crash.
“I just learned that our amazing Matt Mauser of TiajuanaDogs lost his wife Christina in the crash. She coached the girl’s team,” Foley tweeted. “This devastating tragedy gets worse by the hour. So much pain for so many local families. Our hearts are broken & grieving for the families impacted.”
While the cause of the crash hasn’t been confirmed just yet, TMZ notes that L.A. weather was extremely foggy Sunday morning. Law enforcement sources say that LAPD air support was even grounded because of it and apparently, flight tracker data shows Kobe’s chopper appeared to first encounter weather issues as it was above the L.A. Zoo. It was said that his helicopter circled that area at least 6 times at a very low altitude; around 875 feet, perhaps waiting for the fog to clear.
As we previously reported, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva refused to name the victims until they had been identified by the coroner and the news was first shared with the victims’ family.
“It would be extremely disrespectful to understand your loved one has perished and you learn about it from TMZ,” he said. “That is just wholly inappropriate so we are not going to be going there. We are going to wait until the coroner does their job.”
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