{"id":404871,"date":"2026-08-12T21:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T21:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/404871\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T21:18:07","slug":"fort-hood-helicopter-crash-2-killed-when-helicopter-crashes-in-central-texas-authorities-confirm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/404871\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Hood helicopter crash: 2 killed when helicopter crashes in Central Texas, authorities confirm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">BELL COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Two people were killed when a military helicopter crashed in Central Texas on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Bell County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The sheriff&#8217;s office told ABC News it received a 911 call about a helicopter crash after 1:30 p.m., and that it had sparked a grass fire that was &#8220;out of control&#8221; when deputies arrived on the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities said the fire is still burning, but there are no buildings or structures damaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A press release from the U.S. Army Fort Hood media center confirmed the helicopter that crashed was an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter based at Fort Hood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Our immediate priority is securing the site and supporting the initial response efforts,&#8221; Brig. Gen. Ethan Diven, acting commanding general, said. &#8220;Our thoughts are with the crew and their families as we await further information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It remains unclear where the helicopter was headed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">An investigation is ongoing into the crash.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BELL COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Two people were killed when a military helicopter crashed in Central Texas on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[141778,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-404871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-141778","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}