Mi-2 helicopter crashes down in Yaroslavl region, no victims reported

A Mi-2 helicopter crashed at 1:17 p.m. Moscow time on Thursday near the village of Yarkovo, the Yaroslavl region in central Russia, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry told RIA Novosti.

Two of the three people on board have survived. Rescuers are now busy extracting the third from under the debris. According to preliminary reports, the press service said, he has survived too.

Reasons for the crash are being established now.