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4 Harris County SWAT members, along with pilot hospitalized following helicopter crash in Eagle Lake

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EAGLE LAKE, Texas – Investigators are looking into a frightening situation overnight Tuesday when SWAT members with the Harris Co. Sheriff’s Office were hospitalized during a training exercise in Eagle Lake.

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Details are limited as it’s an active situation, but according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez via X, formerly known as Twitter, there were a total of five people in the helicopter. Four of the individuals were SWAT members and the other was the pilot.

It’s unclear what caused the helicopter to make a hard landing/crash, but the injuries they suffered are not said to be life-threatening.

Still, all the individuals were hospitalized. The remainder of the course, we’re told, has been canceled and all participants have been sent home while the Texas DPS and Federal Aviation officials conduct an investigation.


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Historian, educator, writer, expert on "The Simpsons," amateur photographer, essayist, film & tv reviewer and race/religious identity scholar. Joined KPRC 2 in Spring 2024 but has been featured in various online newspapers and in the Journal of South Texas' Fall 2019 issue.

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