Marine Crew Chief Killed in Camp Pendleton Helicopter Crash Identified

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Sgt. Trevor Cook, 25, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, was killed after a UH-1Y Huey crashed approximately 1.8 miles east of the border with San Clemente in the San Mateo area Wednesday afternoon, according to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar officials.

The Wall Street Journal reported on its website that Cook, from Lyndonville, N.Y., was a decorated Marine who had served in Afghanistan. He had recently married a California woman, 23, according to his family, the Journal reported.

At least three of the injured Marines were taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla in San Diego, hospital spokeswoman Lisa Ohmstede told Marine Corps Times.

According to the Times, this is the first crash involving the UH-1Y, which started being used in 2008.

The Camp Pendleton Fire Department received the call at about noon Wednesday, and emergency crews took the five injured crew members to hospitals with injuries of undisclosed severity, 3rd Marine Air Wing public affairs Sgt. Ryan Rholes told Patch.

According to City News Service, the crash caused a small brush fire.

This is the third fatal accident at Pendleton this year, City News Service reported. In January, an amphibious personnel carrier capsized and a Marine was killed; in March, a water-hauling truck crashed, killing two sailors.

City News Service contributed to this report.

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