Roman Pirozek Jr., 19, died in Brooklyn's Calvert Vaux Park on Thursday. Sept. 7, 2013 — -- The New York teen who died while piloting a remote-controlled helicopter was likely attempting ...

NEW YORK (AP) – The father of a teenage New York City remote control helicopter enthusiast who was struck and killed in by the aircraft he was operating says his ...

Nineteen-year-old Roman Pirozek, Jr., of Queens, was flying the helicopter in a park near Bay 44th Street and Shore Parkway in Gravesend Brooklyn when it struck him in the head and killed him. Roman ...

In this image taken from video and provided by WABC-TV in New York, investigators stand near a remote controlled toy helicopter that apparently struck and killed a 19-year-old man Thursday, Sept. 5, ...

Model helicopter enthusiasts and park-goers looked on in horror Thursday as a teen was struck and instantly killed by his own remote-controlled helicopter in a Brooklyn park. Roman Pirozek Jr., 19, ...