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Authorities have identified the three soldiers killed Wednesday night when the military helicopter they were flying crashed in a Mendon field.
Killed were National Guard soldiers Chief Warrant Officer 5 Steven Skoda, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Christian Koch and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Daniel Prial, according to Col. Richard Goldenberg, public affairs officer for the New York National Guard. These soldiers were a part of our National Guard family and we mourn their loss, alongside their family members and loved ones, he said in a news release Friday morning.
The New York Army National Guard UH-60 medical evacuation helicopter crashed while on a routine training mission just after 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. It was not immediately known what caused the crash.
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NEW YORK - Three New York National Guard soldiers died Wednesday night when their helicopter crashed during a routine training mission in upstate New York, according to CNN.
The New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs says that the crash happened in Mendon around 6:30 p.m. According to the 911 reports . there were calls of a sputtering, the sounds of an engine and that the aircraft was flying very low, more low than normal, Monroe County Sheriff Todd K. Baxter said in a news conference.