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2 US Army Helicopters Crash In Kentucky, Multiple Deaths Feared

Two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a routine training mission in Kentucky, according to a military spokesperson, with the incident resulting in several casualties. At around 10 p.m. on Wednesday, two 101st Airborne Division helicopters crashed in Trigg County, Kentucky, while on a routine training mission, according to the Fort Campbell Public Affairs Office….


2 US Army Helicopters Crash In Kentucky, Killing 9

Two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a routine training mission in Kentucky, according to a military spokesperson, with the incident resulting in nine fatalities. At around 10 p.m. on Wednesday, two 101st Airborne Division helicopters crashed in Trigg County, Kentucky, while on a routine training mission, according to the Fort Campbell Public Affairs Office….


Bezos’ Rocket Company Pins Crash on Overheated Engine Nozzle

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—An overheated rocket engine nozzle caused last year’s Blue Origin launch failure that has grounded flights for six months, the company said Friday. Jeff Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin said it expects to resume its quick trips to space from West Texas sometime later this year. The New Shepard rocket was carrying experiments…


Fiery Maryland Tanker Crash Injures Driver, Closes Lanes

PIKESVILLE, Md.—A fiery crash involving a tanker truck full of fuel briefly shut down the Interstate 795 expressway where it meets the Baltimore Beltway on Friday morning, injuring the driver and sending up a plume smoke that could be seen for miles, according to officials and news reports. The crash happened around 6 a.m., according…


2 People, Dog, Injured in Florida Plane Crash

Two people and a dog have been injured after a small plane crashed during takeoff in northeastern Florida on March 23, officials have confirmed. In a Facebook post, St. Johns County Fire Rescue said that multiple agencies, including the San Antonio Fire Department and the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, responded to a 911 call reporting that a plane…


4 Children and One Adult Killed in Mississippi Car Crash

BATESVILLE, Miss.—Five people were killed Tuesday evening in Mississippi after a car they were riding in crashed into a barricade on a bridge and plunged into a creek below. Four of the five people who died were children between the ages of 12 to 15, WMC-TV reported. The adult who died was 19. One 14-year-old…


Police: 6 Dead After Work-Zone Crash on Baltimore Beltway

WOODLAWN, Md.—Six people were killed when a passenger vehicle pulled into a work zone along the Baltimore beltway and struck construction workers there, Maryland State Police said Wednesday. Troopers responded to the work zone on northbound Interstate 695 at Security Boulevard in the Woodlawn area around 12:40 p.m. for a report of a pedestrian crash,…


Teen Driver in Crash That Killed 5 Children Had No License

A 16-year-old driver killed in a one-vehicle crash that also took the lives of four young relatives did not have a driver’s license or permit and may have fallen asleep or become distracted before the SUV veered off a New York parkway, officials said Monday. The car continued straight at a curve on the highway…


5 Connecticut Children, Ages 8–17, Dead After New York Crash

SCARSDALE, N.Y.—Five children from Connecticut, ranging in age from 8 to 17, were killed in a fiery crash on a New York highway, police said. Police believe the vehicle was being driven by a 16-year-old boy when it veered off the Hutchinson River Parkway early Sunday in Scarsdale, hit a tree and caught fire. A…


At Least 5 Killed in Mysterious North Iraq Helicopter Crash

DOHUK, Iraq—A mysterious helicopter crash in northern Iraq has killed at least five people, allegedly including militants belonging to an outlawed Kurdish insurgency group, according to statements Thursday from the Iraqi Kurdish-run counterterrorism agency and the region’s president. The AS350 Eurocopter crashed in the district of Chamanke in Dohuk province in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region…