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BILOXI, Miss. — An airman was killed and three others were injured Wednesday in an accident at a Mississippi base, authorities said.
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.
#BREAKING Kessler Air Force Base reports an airman assigned to the 81st Training Wing has died in an on-base incident this afternoon.
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3 others are injured.
Officials haven’t released identities or the cause of the incident.
The situation is under investigation.@WLOX
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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