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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Dan Haygarth

Funeral date confirmed for 'adored' couple who died in helicopter crash

A date has been set for the funeral for a couple who died in a helicopter crash.

Neston couple Ron and Diane Hughes, aged 65 and 57, died when two helicopters crashed on Australia's Gold Coast on Monday, January 2. Queensland Police said the crash happened at around 2pm local time, when one helicopter was landing and another was taking off.

Ron and Diane were visiting family in Australia for the first time since the covid pandemic. They were among four people who lost their lives during the incident - the pilot Ashley Jenkinson, 40, and Vanessa Tadros, 36, also died.

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