By Amir Vera, Rob Frehse and Carolyn Sung, CNN
Updated 2:53 PM ET, Thu January 21, 2021
The crash happened Wednesday evening in Mendon, just south of Rochester, New York. (CNN)Three New York National Guard soldiers were killed Wednesday night when their helicopter crashed while on a routine training mission in upstate New York, according to the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs.
The crash happened in Mendon, about 17 miles south of Rochester, the military and the Monroe County Sheriff s Office said.
Multiple calls for an aircraft in distress came in around 6:30 p.m., Monroe County Sheriff Todd K. Baxter said in a news conference.