Overview
- Two helicopters collided over Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, June 14, killing six people including Oliver Tree and Argentine streamer Gaspi.
- Brazilian forensic officials completed identification work using dental radiographs because Tree’s remains were heavily carbonized and visual ID was impossible.
- Tree’s family has begun repatriation procedures for his body to the United States and has reportedly retained legal counsel to assist with the process.
- Rio investigators have opened an active probe into the collision and a police investigator said human error by a pilot or air‑traffic control is being examined while Cenipa conducts technical analyses.
- Friends, colleagues and fans have paid tribute as Tree’s partner publicly asked for privacy, and authorities have warned about the circulation of graphic crash images while refuting some online claims.