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Two U.S. army helicopters crash during training in Kentucky
  + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
March 30 (Reuters) - Two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a training mission over Kentucky on Wednesday night, the U.S. military said. The status of the crew members was not immediately known, Army spokeswoman Nondice Thurman said in a statement early on Thursday to Reuters, without detailing the number of people who were on board. However, Kentucky governor Andy Beshear said in a post on Twitter that fatalities were expected and the Kentucky State Police and the state's Division of Emergency Management were responding to the accident. loadingCrew members were flying two Black Hawk helicopters that crashed at around 10:00 PM ET (0200 GMT Thursday) in Kentucky's Trigg County, Thurman said. Reporting by Akriti Sharma and Juby Babu in Bengaluru; Editing by Himani Sarkar and Christian SchmollingerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Two U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopters crashed during a training incident in Kentucky on Wednesday night, officials said. The command is currently focused on caring for the servicemembers and their families," the Army base Fort Campbell said in a statement early Thursday. They were involved in a training incident when they crashed around 10 p.m. in Trigg County, which is to the west of Fort Campbell, according to base officials. "We've got some tough news out of Fort Campbell, with early reports of a helicopter crash and fatalities are expected," Beshear tweeted. Nicknamed the "Screaming Eagles," the 101st Airborne Division is the only air assault division of the U.S. Army.
A Kentucky car dealership had four Dodge Challenger Hellcats stolen from its showroom and two from its lot in about 40 seconds, reports say. The dealership manager told local outlets the thieves were gone 20 seconds before the alarm went off. Police arrested one teenage suspect for the $600,000 heist, officials said. Surveillance footage depicting the theft of three of the vehicles inside the dealership's showroom is now going viral online. So far, five of the six stolen vehicles have been recovered in various nearby counties and other states, officials said.
A Christmas parade planned for Saturday in Kentucky has been canceled after authorities received threats directed at protesters of an Emmett Till rally on the same day. The annual Jaycees Christmas Parade in Bowling Green, Kentucky was canceled out of an "abundance of caution," according to a statement. The Mistletoe Market, also in Bowling Green, was canceled on Saturday as well. Carolyn Bryant Donham, now 89, lives in Bowling Green, according to the outlet. "Late this evening, we learned of a threat to these protesters," said Warren County Sheriff Brett Hightower.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A school bus crashed over an embankment and landed on its side Monday morning in rural Kentucky, sending the driver and 18 children to hospitals with injuries ranging from minor to severe, authorities said Monday. Students from elementary age through high school were aboard the bus en route to classes when the crash occurred on a state highway near Salyersville in eastern Kentucky, said Superintendent Chris Meadows of Magoffin County Schools. Andy Beshear said in a tweet that Kentucky State Police were on the scene, and “we are responding swiftly.”The bus exited state Route 40 near Salyersville and went over an embankment, state Trooper Michael Coleman said. Some of the injured were flown from the crash by helicopter and others were taken by ambulances and private vehicles, officials said. “That’s typical in any rural area where you have a lot of winding roads,” he saidThe school bus did not have seat belts, Meadows said.
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