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LAPD officers injured in helicopter accident
Two Los Angeles Police Department officers were injured after the helicopter they were riding in had to make a hard landing during a training exercise in Los Alamitos.
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. - A Los Angeles Police Department helicopter crashed at a training base in Orange County Tuesday, but neither of the two people aboard was seriously injured.
The crash was reported around 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Joint Forces Training Base in the 4000 block of Doolittle Avenue in Los Alamitos. According to the LAPD, an unspecified training issue required the helicopter to make an emergency landing, and the aircraft wound up on its side.
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Two officers were on board but sustained no severe injuries. Neither was taken to a hospital.
An investigation into the crash was ongoing Tuesday afternoon.