Six Soldiers Die In Copter Crash

An MI 8 helicopter crashed near St. Petersburg this afternoon, carrying two crews--six soldiers, all told, report gubernatorial PR. The craft hit on a 257 metre high tower-type antenna of the regional radio broadcasting and communication centre under the VGRTC, federal television and radio company, 6 kilometres off Krasny Bor township, Tosna district, Leningrad Region.