Police say four people have died in a U.S. military helicopter crash in eastern England.
A U.S. defense official confirmed to the Associated Press that the four killed were US Air Force crew members after military officials at RAF Lakenheath confirmed to Fox News that a HH-60 Pave Hawk crashed during a training exercise mission Tuesday.
Sky News reports that the crash occurred in the Cley coastal area of Norfolk county.
Lt. Keenan Kunst at the Royal Air Force station in Lakenheath, Suffolk County, which hosts U.S. Air Force units and personnel, said in a telephone interview to the Associated Press that the helicopter that crashed was based there. He said authorities are investigating the crash, and he had no more information.
However police in Norfolk County, said four people are believed to have died. They have cordoned off the area.
No other information was immediately available.
The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed to Sky News that it is aware of the crash.
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