LEICESTER CITY’S OWNER’S CHOPPER CRASHES

A helicopter belonging to Leicester City’s owner—Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha— crashed in flames in a carpark next to the soccer club’s stadium shortly after it took off from the field following a Premier League game on Saturday night. The central England team said it was assisting authorities with “a major incident” at the stadium, after eyewitnesses reported seeing the helicopter plummet to the ground soon after takeoff, about an hour after Leicester’s match against West Ham. While there was no official statement immediately forthcoming about who was on board, or their condition, the BBC reported a source close to the Srivaddhanaprabha family as saying the club’s 60-year-old chairman was on the helicopter.