LINCOLN COUNTY – No injuries were reported in a helicopter accident west of Cokeville Tuesday morning.

At 8:43 a.m. on Tuesday morning, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to an area west of Cokeville in response to a helicopter accident.

According to Cpt. Brian Andrews on the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Boulder, Wyoming, resident Edward Nikolaus was spraying weeds on private property when he experienced mechanical problems.  Nikolaus escaped the wreck without injuries and Andrews said is “doing fantastic.”

The National Transportation Safety Board has been contacted and will be investigating the accident.