1 dead, 4 hurt in Black Hawk crash at college

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Debris flies in all directions as an Army Black Hawk crashes in a field at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas on Jan. 12.


1 dead, 4 hurt in Black Hawk crash at college
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jan 12, 2009 22:10:49 EST

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — One person was killed and four others injured when an Army Black Hawk helicopter on a field training exercise crashed Monday into a field on the campus of Texas A&M University.

The Army UH-60 helicopter crashed at about 3:30 p.m. near the Corps of Cadets field on the school’s College Station campus, about 100 miles northwest of Houston. A crew of four from the Army National Guard and an Army lieutenant assigned to the school’s ROTC unit were the only ones aboard the Black Hawk, Texas A&M spokesman Lane Stephenson said. No students were among the injured. Classes resume after winter break on Jan. 20.

Sheila Rinard with College Station Medical Center said two of the crash victims were in critical condition and a third was in stable condition. Another crash victim was at St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan, a spokesman said, but didn’t immediately know any details.

Officials did not release the names of the dead and injured.

Witnesses told the Bryan-College Station Eagle they saw five Black Hawk helicopters taking off and landing throughout the day.


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