Tragedy Strikes as Baton Rouge Police Helicopter Crashes, Killing Two Officers.
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Two Baton Rouge police officers died in a helicopter crash while responding to a pursuit early Sunday morning. The helicopter, a Robinson R-44 model belonging to the Baton Rouge Police Department, was found in a sugarcane field near Port Allen. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash. The names of the police pilots killed in the crash were not released as of Monday morning.
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