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1 killed, 3 wounded in US Army Black Hawk helicopter crash
One U.S. Army soldier was killed during a Thursday morning helicopter crash at Fort Polk, Louisiana; three others aboard the helicopter were also injured in the crash.
An investigation is underway into what caused a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to crash, according to a Facebook post by the official Fort Polk account. The four crew members aboard the helicopter were attached to the 1-5 Aviation Battalion.
JRTC and Fort Polk
14 hours ago
Early this morning, an Army helicopter accident occurred in the JRTC and Fort Polk training area. Emergency services immediately responded to the 1-5 Aviation Battalion (Fort Polk based unit) accident scene. Four crew members were on board the helicopter; one is deceased and three were injured. Names will not be released until notification of the next of kin is complete. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Emergency services reportedly responded immediately to the crash and, in a statement to Army Times, Fort Polk spokeswoman Kim Reischling said the three wounded Soldiers are in stable condition.
“One of their biggest missions on Fort Polk is to fly medevac and they were on their way to pick up a routine injury out in the training area,” Reischling told Army Times. “There are accidents out there, minor ones, soldiers get overheated, soldiers sprain their hands, stuff like that.”
Reischling did not specify the nature of the injury the helicopter crew was responding to when it crashed.
She told the Army Times that the cause of the accident is still unknown but said personnel from Fort Rucker’s Army Aviation Safety Center in Alabama to conduct the accident investigation at Fort Polk.
Neither the name of the deceased soldier nor those of the wounded personnel has been made available.
The U.S. Army is reportedly carrying out next-of-kin notifications for family of the crew members ahead of a plan to release their names on Friday.
RIP
One U.S. Army soldier was killed during a Thursday morning helicopter crash at Fort Polk, Louisiana; three others aboard the helicopter were also injured in the crash.
An investigation is underway into what caused a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to crash, according to a Facebook post by the official Fort Polk account. The four crew members aboard the helicopter were attached to the 1-5 Aviation Battalion.
JRTC and Fort Polk
14 hours ago
Early this morning, an Army helicopter accident occurred in the JRTC and Fort Polk training area. Emergency services immediately responded to the 1-5 Aviation Battalion (Fort Polk based unit) accident scene. Four crew members were on board the helicopter; one is deceased and three were injured. Names will not be released until notification of the next of kin is complete. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Emergency services reportedly responded immediately to the crash and, in a statement to Army Times, Fort Polk spokeswoman Kim Reischling said the three wounded Soldiers are in stable condition.
“One of their biggest missions on Fort Polk is to fly medevac and they were on their way to pick up a routine injury out in the training area,” Reischling told Army Times. “There are accidents out there, minor ones, soldiers get overheated, soldiers sprain their hands, stuff like that.”
Reischling did not specify the nature of the injury the helicopter crew was responding to when it crashed.
She told the Army Times that the cause of the accident is still unknown but said personnel from Fort Rucker’s Army Aviation Safety Center in Alabama to conduct the accident investigation at Fort Polk.
Neither the name of the deceased soldier nor those of the wounded personnel has been made available.
The U.S. Army is reportedly carrying out next-of-kin notifications for family of the crew members ahead of a plan to release their names on Friday.
RIP
