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Copter that crashed was coming to aid of Afghan forces
By HEATH DRUZIN
Stars and Stripes
Published: April 20, 2012
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Four American soldiers rushing to give medical help to wounded Afghan security forces were aboard a Medevac helicopter that crashed Thursday night in Helmand province.
Three of the four crew members are confirmed dead, the status of fourth hasn't been released, a U.S. official told Stars and Stripes.
The UH-60L Blackhawk went down in Garmsir district around 9:40 p.m. while on a mission to pick up the wounded Afghans. The New York Times reported that four Afghan police officers had been killed in a suicide attack at a police checkpoint, and seven others were wounded, and that the American helicopter was flying to the scene to take the wounded officers to a nearby hospital.
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