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Twelve injured in RAF air crash | |
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Twelve people on board an RAF helicopter that crashed in North Yorkshire have been taken to hospital. | |
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said some of the 12, who have been taken to hospitals in Middlesbrough and Newcastle, were "walking wounded". | |
Some were in a "more serious condition", the spokesman added. | |
The helicopter came down some time before 2130 BST near the Hudswell Grange wooded area to the west of the Catterick Garrison army base. | |
Some of the casualties were taken by RAF Sea King helicopter to the James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, a Yorkshire Ambulance Service spokeswoman said. | |
Others were flown to Newcastle while one person was taken by road ambulance to Friarage Hospital, Northallerton. | |
A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said the site of the crash had now been cordoned off. | |
A spokesman for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said crews were at the crash scene. | A spokesman for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said crews were at the crash scene. |