Four dead in French police helicopter crash

Interior ministry says helicopter was participating in a training operation near the Spanish border

TOULOUSE, FRANCE: A French police helicopter crashed in the mountains of southwestern France on Friday, killing the four officers on board, the local government prefecture said.

The helicopter was participating in a training operation in the mountains not far from the Spanish border when it went down, the Interior Ministry said separately in a statement.



The cause of the accident remains to be identified, it added.