Three People Died As A Result Of The US National Guard Helicopter Accident

JAKARTA - The United States Department of Defense, the Pentagon, has confirmed three people were killed in a US National Guard helicopter crash near the Texas-Mexico border.

"The UH-72 Lakota helicopter assigned to the Southwest federal border support mission crashed at around 2:50 a.m. while carrying out flight operations near Rio Grande City, Texas. Two soldiers and one US Border Patrol officer were killed. A soldier was injured", said a statement issued on behalf of the US North Joint Task Force reported by ANTARA from Sputnik, Saturday, March 9.

The statement also stated that the cause of the helicopter crash was being investigated.

Earlier, sources told Sputnik three people were killed when a US National Guard helicopter crashed near the Texas-Mexico border on Friday afternoon (8/3).