Part of Beach Boulevard remembers officer in helicopter crash as the Officer Nicholas Vella Memorial Highway
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Orange County Register
February 4, 2023, 1:32 pm
A key stretch of Beach Boulevard that leads residents and visitors to the shore has now also become a tribute to a Huntington Beach police helicopter pilot who died while on duty. Huntington Beach police officer Nicholas Vella, 44, a 14-year veteran of the ...
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