Airman killed, 3 injured in accident at Air Force base in Mississippi

BILOXI, Miss. — An airman was killed and three others were injured Wednesday in an accident at a Mississippi base, authorities said.

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The airman, who was assigned to the 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, died at about 1:25 p.m. CDT, WLOX reported.

It was unclear what kind of accident occurred.

The cause of the incident remains under investigation, WXXV reported.

The identity of the airman will not be released until 24 hours after next of kin notifications have been made, base officials told WLOX.

No other details were provided, the television station reported.


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