Two men have been killed in a helicopter crash in Co Westmeath.
A multi-agency response is under way, after the chopper came down near Killucan around 3.30pm this afternoon.
Two people on board the aircraft were pronounced dead at the scene - one is an Irish national in his 40s, the second man is also in his 40s and believed to be from Eastern Europe.
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Both bodies have been removed to the Regional Hospital Mullingar where postmortem examinations will take place in due course.
The local coroner has been notified and Westmeath Fire and Rescue Service and the National Ambulance Service have now left the scene.
