The name of the helicopter pilot tragically killed in an accident Tuesday has been released.
Joshua Hawley, Jr. was at the controls of a Bell 407 helicopter when it clipped a powerline and crashed on the eastbound lanes of the Bonnet Carre Spillway Bridge just after 12:30 in the afternoon.
Hawley was a pilot for Five-S Group in Baton Rouge.
He was on his way to pick up three people at New Orleans Lakefront airport when tragedy struck.





