3 Dead After Small Plane And Helicopter Collide At Maryland Airport

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A small general aviation aircraft and a helicopter collided near an airport in Frederick County, Maryland today, killing three, the Frederick News-Post reports.

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Chip Jewell, director of the Frederick County Division of Volunteer Fire and Rescue Services has confirmed three fatalities in the incident to the paper. The crash took place around 3:45 PM local time near the southwest corner of the airport.

A parachute that may have belonged to the crashed aircraft was spotted by onlookers:

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