Five dead after two army helicopters collide in France
LE CANNET-DES-MAURES: Five army officers were killed Friday after two training helicopters crashed into each other near a lake in southern France, officials said, one of the deadliest such accidents involving the country s armed forces in recent years.
The collision took place near the lake of Carces, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) northwest of the resort of Saint-Tropez, just a few minutes after takeoff at 8:30 am (0730 GMT).
All three people aboard one craft, and the two in the other, died in the crash, the Marseille…