Police chopper crash kills 2 in China

Two people died and another person was severely injured when a police helicopter crashed during a training mission in northwest China today, local authorities said.

The helicopter, operated by the public security bureau of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi, crashed near a village in Lantian County, killing two people aboard the helicopter, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Xi'an police and officials from the county government of Lantian as saying.