Two National Guard members were killed Friday afternoon when a helicopter crashed during a training flight in northeast Mississippi, officials said.
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Prentice County Sheriff Randy Toler told WTVA-TV that the plane crashed in a wooded area near Baldwin. The site is approximately 185 miles southeast of Memphis, Tennessee.
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The Mississippi National Guard said in a news release that the helicopter was an AH-64 Apache “conducting a routine training flight.”
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said in a statement Friday that safety crews were working with local authorities at the accident scene. He confirmed the deaths of two unidentified National Guard soldiers.
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“Mississippi State will always be grateful for their service and we will never forget them,” Reeves said.
