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Colombian army says 17 dead in military helicopter crash

Associated Press

BOGOTA, Colombia – The Colombian army says 17 people were killed aboard a military helicopter when it plunged to the ground.

The army said in a news release Monday that a commission reached the site and confirmed there were no survivors in the crash.

The accident occurred Sunday afternoon in a rural zone of Pensilvania province in Caldas department, northeast of the Colombian capital, Bogota.