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Six killed in Italy as rescue helicopter crashes | |
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Six people have been killed in a rescue helicopter crash in a mountainous area of central Italy, officials say. | |
The aircraft came down in thick fog near the Campo Felice ski station after picking up an injured skier. | |
The rescue was not related to last week's avalanche that engulfed a hotel nearby killing at least 15 people. | |
A police spokesman told the AFP news agency that rescue teams had reached the wreckage "and they found the bodies of the six deceased in the snow". | |
The helicopter issued a crash signal and people in the area reported hearing a loud explosion, police have said. | |
Campo Felice is a small skiing resort popular with day-trippers from Rome, which is 120km (75 miles) to the west. | Campo Felice is a small skiing resort popular with day-trippers from Rome, which is 120km (75 miles) to the west. |