OLYMPIA, Wash. — Four servicemembers were aboard a Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) helicopter when it crashed late Wednesday night near Summit Lake, just outside of Olympia.

The U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office did not share the condition of the servicemembers, who were assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). The Thurston County coroner described Thursday's fallout as a "death investigation," and the sheriff said the scale of the wreckage would be impossible to survive.

"That is a crash, unfortunately, that is not compatible with life," Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders said.

In a press release, the command called the incident an "aviation mishap."

Deputies located the site of the crash on Wednesday night near the lake, which

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