New Mexico State Police
New Mexico
End of Watch: Thursday, June 11, 2009
Cause: Aircraft accident
Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Sergeant Andy Tingwall died following a police helicopter crash on a mountainside near Santa Fe, New Mexico. He and a police observer had just taken off after rescuing a stranded hiker when the helicopter struck the mountainside and crashed.
Despite being severely injured, the observer was able to hike from the area the following morning and was located by a rescue party. An intense search was initiated but rescuers had difficulty reaching the crash site due to weather and terrain.
The bodies of Sergeant Tingwall and the hiker were located two days later when rescuers were able to reach the site. | 
