Military helicopter crashes near Washington military base
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A military helicopter crash investigation is underway in Washington state after an aircraft carrying four service members went down near Joint Base Lewis-McChord Wednesday night.
A military helicopter crashed near Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state late Wednesday night, officials said. The chopper went down around 9 p.m. near Summit Lake, which sits about 30 miles west of the base, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s office. The base, an Army-Air Force installation, sits about 30 miles south of Seattle.