LOS ANGELES — A military aircraft crashed in Imperial County near the Arizona border Wednesday afternoon, killing four people, according to a federal source.
The crash involved an MV-22B Osprey aircraft, said Cpl. Sarah Marshall, a spokesperson for the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which operated the aircraft. Contrary to reports on social media and early radio calls from the scene by emergency responders, there were no nuclear materials onboard, she said.
The Osprey went down somewhere near the Glamis Dunes, around Coachella Canal Road and Highway 78, according to dispatch reports from emergency responders and Imperial County spokesperson Gil Rebollar.
