Helicopter crashes at Texas A&M, killing one

[Chris_]

Helicopter crashes at Texas A&M, killing one

(CNN) -- A Black Hawk helicopter carrying five people crashed Monday afternoon at the campus of Texas A&M University, killing one person and injuring the others, authorities said.

All five were taken to hospitals, where the death occurred, officials said.

Two of the injured were in critical condition at College Station Medical Center, a spokeswoman said.

Initially, authorities reported six people aboard the helicopter.

There were no students on the helicopter, but one person was a member of Texas A&M's ROTC staff, according to a statement on the university's Web site.

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Duncan Field is where they used to have the Bonfire preceeding the football game against t.u.

[Chris_]

Here's a photo of the wreckage.



Prayers for the victims and their families.

[TheSarge]

That's a 36th ID, Texas Army National Guard. helicopter from their Aviation Brigade based in Austin.

Crap! I hope no one I know was flying it.

[jinxmchue]

Duncan Field is where they used to have the Bonfire preceeding the football game against t.u.

Yep, and when that collapsed a few years back, the Aggies bitched and moaned until they got their way and got the incident taken off the Darwin Awards.

[Ptarmigan]

Sorry to hear that. 

[Chris_]

Yep, and when that collapsed a few years back, the Aggies bitched and moaned until they got their way and got the incident taken off the Darwin Awards.

Never joke about the deaths of 12 college students, asswipe.

[Ptarmigan]

Never joke about the deaths of 12 college students, ***wipe.

I am a Longhorn, but my condolences go to the Aggies who died in the bonfire collapse. I actually saw the bonfire being built when I visited Texsa A&M a few days before it collapsed.