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2 National Guard members killed in Mississippi helicopter crash

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Two National Guard members died after a helicopter crashed Friday afternoon during a training flight in northeast Mississippi, officials said.

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The aircraft went down in a wooded area near Baldwyn, Prentiss County Sheriff Randy Tolar told WTVA-TV. The site is about 115 miles southeast of Memphis, Tennessee.

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The helicopter was AH-64 Apache “flying a routine training flight,” the Mississippi National Guard said in a news release.

In a statement Friday, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said safety crews were working the scene of the crash with local authorities. He confirmed the death of the two unidentified National Guard members.

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“Mississippi will always be grateful for their service and we will never forget them,” Reeves said.

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