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Training missile drops near Fort Hood
No one hurt, but neighborhood evacuated
Updated: Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 11:02 AM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 11:02 AM EDT
KILLEEN, Texas (AP) — About 100 homes in a Central Texas neighborhood had to be evacuated when a 6-foot inactive training missile accidentally fell from a military helicopter.
Killeen police spokesman Carroll Smith said Wednesday that nobody was hurt and the missile fell harmlessly into a field. She says Fort Hood has taken over the investigation.
Smith says a witness saw something fall from a military helicopter around 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Ordinance technicians from Fort Hood examined the missile and determined it was not active. The equipment left a hole, several feet deep, in the ground.
Smith says evacuees were allowed back into their homes within an hour of the incident.
A spokesman for the post did not immediately return a message Wednesday from The Associated Press.
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