UPDATE: Helicopter pilot from N. Manchester declared brain dead, per Allen Co. Coroner

UPDATE (4:29 PM): 76-year old Theodore Oldfather was pronounced “brain dead” at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne Tuesday according to the Allen County Coroner’s Office, our partners in news at Fort Wayne NBC’s reports.

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ORIGINAL (9:38 AM): A North Manchester man is in critical condition following a helicopter crash in northern Wabash County Sunday night.

The Wabash County Sheriff’s Office says 76-year old Theodore Oldfather was flying a small helicopter just after 6 PM on Sunday, when it went down into a grassy field just west of North Manchester, near State Road 114.

Oldfather was flown to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne and was last listed in critical condition.