Four killed in Myanmar military helicopter crash: officials

Four people were killed and another was seriously injured when a military helicopter crashed in central Myanmar during bad weather on Wednesday, officials said. The Mi-1 helicopter came down in jungle near the town of Pindaya in the west of Shan State, a Myanmar official said, declining to be named. "Four people on board were killed and one was sent to a nearby hospital," he added. Another military official said bad weather was to blame for the crash, without giving further detail such as the victims' identities.

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