3 Killed, 1 Injured In Navy Helicopter Crash

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) – Investigators are examining the burned-out wreckage of a Navy helicopter that went down in a fiery crash near Corpus Christi overnight.

Three crew members were killed and another was injured in the crash of the Navy MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter.

The wreckage site wasnear the base of a television transmission tower just south of Corpus Christi. The KEDT-TV tower is about 970 feet tall.

A Navy spokesman says the injured crew member was taken to Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Memorial, where he was in critical condition.

The helicopter was part of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 out of Naval Air Station Corpus Christi.

It was on a routine training mission when it went down last night south of the intersection of Farm Roads 2444 and 665, about 4 miles south of Corpus Christi.

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