The 40-year-old New Jersey man who died last week in a helicopter crash in Pennsylvania was a “teddy bear dad” to his three children and a devoted journeyman lineman, his obituary says.

Michael Higgins, of Haddon Township, was working as a lineman on the flight when he and the pilot, Jeffrey Patmore, of Terrace, British Columbia, were killed on Thursday. The helicopter, owned by power-line services company Winco Inc., crashed under unknown circumstances in a wooded area of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.

“He was a force and is already so missed,” a GoFundMe page created by Higgins’ family says. “He leaves behind his three resilient children, and a family and friends who loved him so much.”

According to Higgins’ obituary, he was dedicated to the “critical work of building and restoring

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