2 U.S. Army helicopters crash in Alaska, killing 3 soldiers

In this photo released by the U.S. Army, AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters from the 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, fly over a mountain range near Fort Wainwright, Alaska, on June 3, 2019. The U.S. Army says two helicopters similar to these crashed on Thursday near Healy, Alaska, killing three soldiers and injuring a fourth. (Cameron Roxberry/U.S. Army via AP)

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Two U.S. Army helicopters crashed Thursday in Alaska while returning from a training flight, killing three soldiers and injuring a fourth.

Two of the soldiers died at the crash near Healy, Alaska, and a third died on the way to a hospital in Fairbanks. A fourth soldier was being treated at a hospital for injuries, the Army said in a statement.