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| Italian rescue helicopter 'crashes in mountains' near avalanche site | Italian rescue helicopter 'crashes in mountains' near avalanche site |
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| An Italian rescue helicopter has crashed in the mountains near the site of a deadly avalanche that killed more than a dozen people last week, according to local media. | An Italian rescue helicopter has crashed in the mountains near the site of a deadly avalanche that killed more than a dozen people last week, according to local media. |
| The Italian civil protection agency said it was checking reports of the incident, reports of which come six days after the avalanche hit the Hotel Rigopiano near Abruzzo. | The Italian civil protection agency said it was checking reports of the incident, reports of which come six days after the avalanche hit the Hotel Rigopiano near Abruzzo. |
| It remains unclear whether the crash was linked to the avalanche rescue effort, which has been a lengthy and protracted process because of the inaccessibility of the avalanche site. | |
| The state-owned TV channel Rai said the helicopter was ferrying someone injured from a nearby ski area in Campo Felice. | |
| Ornella De Luca of the civil protection agency said it had received information of an incident involving an emergency helicopter, but that the details were not yet clear. | |
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