(Fessenden NDHP)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports that around 8:30-a.m., Wednesday, the North Dakota Highway Patrol and Wells County Sheriff’s Office, responded to a helicopter crash 4.5 miles south of Fessenden along Highway 52.

The 2007 Robinson R44 helicopter was spraying waterways by Highway 52 and attempted to go under the powerlines on the east side of the roadway. The blades caught the bottom power line causing the helicopter to crash in a field about 200 yards from the roadway.

The pilot, 49 year old Michael Hamouz of Willowbrook, IL, suffered minor injuries and was taken by ambulance as a precaution.