CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WVEC) -- A Virginia State Police helipad was dedicated Wednesday to a helicopter trooper pilot who died while responding to the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville.
Trooper-Pilot Berke M.M. Bates and Lieutenant H. Jay Cullen gave the ultimate sacrifice on August 12, 2017, after their surveillance helicopter crashed in a wooded area. Both men died at the scene.
The newly dedicated 'Trooper-Pilot Berke Bates' helipad is located at the Virginia State Police HQ in Chesterfield County.
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, Former Governor Terry McAuliffe, Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran and Deputy Secretary of PSHS were at the dedication ceremony.
According to WRIC, a Virginia State Police aviation hangar was dedicated to the second Lieutenant H. Jay Cullen in February.
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