Horror: Passengers Dead On The Spot As Military Helicopter Crashes Inside Forest

It has been reported that six people have been killed when a military helicopter crashed recently in Senegal.

 

14 others were injured in the crash when the Senegalese military helicopter crashed late Wednesday, according to a government statement giving an updated toll from the incident in the south of the country.

 

According to the Agence France Presse, AFP, the helicopter, which went down in a mangrove forest in the coastal area of Missirah, was carrying 20 people, including four crew, army spokesman Colonel Abdou Ndiaye said earlier.

 

According to a statement released by the government, rescue workers said six people died at the scene.

“The other 14 passengers were wounded, three seriously,” it said, adding that the injured were being transferred to a regional hospital in Kaolack.

 

Authorities have launched an enquiry into the incident to determine the cause of the crash, the statement said.