Four dead in French police helicopter crash

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

A file photo of a helicopter crash in southeastern France. PHOTO: AFP

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.


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