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November 15, 2023

4 hurt as USCG helo crashes responding to flooding crabber

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Four U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew members were injured in a crash Monday evening as they responded to a flooding fishing vessel near Petersburg.

According to an initial Facebook post from the Coast Guard, the HH-60 Jayhawk crashed at about 10:40 p.m. Monday on Read Island in Farragut Bay, about 22 miles northwest of Petersburg. Two crew members were severely injured in the crash, and the other two suffered only minor injuries. 

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