Helicopters Crash near Berlin Stadium during Police Exercise
World | March 21, 2013, Thursday| 2209 views
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Two crashed helicopters of the German federal police on the May field at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, 21 March 2013. Photo by EPA/BGNES
Two helicopters have crashed in the air near Berlin's Olympic Stadium during a federal police exercise, leaving at least one person dead and several injured.
According to unconfirmed reports of local news agencies, one of the pilots died and four people were injured.
The two police helicopters are reported to have collided at around 10:30 am local time on Thursday morning during heavy snowfall.
The accident happened during a training exercise of 400 federal police officers on dealing with football violence.
Ambulances have been dispatched to the site.
The reason for the crash remains unknown.
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