US Army helicopter crashes near D.C.
A US Army helicopter, reportedly a UH-60 Black Hawk, landed hard on the Breton Bay Golf Course in Leonardtown, Maryland, southeast of Washington, D.C.
The helicopter was based at Fort Belvoir, an Army facility in Northern Virginia home to the 12th Aviation Battalion, which has more than a dozen Black Hawks, according to NBC Washington.
The hard landing took place at 1:50 p.m., the base said in a statement.
The helicopter went down with three crew members on board, one of whom was medically evacuated from the scene.
Maryland State Police were reportedly on the scene aiding the medical evacuation.
Initial reports indicated that one of the crew members had died, but military officials denied that, according to Hope Hodge Seck of Military.com.
- Nick Jaffurs (@NJaffurs) April 17, 2017
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