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3 killed when copter crashes in southern France

A helicopter crashed Sunday into the garden terrace of a restaurant in southeastern France, killing three people on the ground and severely injuring a fourth, rescue workers said.
/ Source: The Associated Press

A helicopter crashed Sunday into the garden terrace of a restaurant in southeastern France, killing three people on the ground and severely injuring a fourth, rescue workers said.

The Alouette 2 aircraft slammed into the garden of the Chez Bob restaurant along a highway between the towns of Salin-de-Giraud and Arles, rescue workers said.

A woman whose leg was severed in the crash was taken to a hospital.

Police were investigating. The four occupants of the helicopter were not injured, officials said.