Five Dead in French Flooding, Rescue Helicopter Crash

French police secure the area around the site where a helicopter from the civil security services crashed while en route to help people caught up in heavy flooding, in Le Rove near Les-Pennes-Mirabeau, France, Dec. 2, 2019. Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters

PARIS—Three emergency workers were killed overnight when their helicopter crashed while on a rescue mission in southeastern France, while two other people died in heavy flooding that has hit the region, officials said on Dec. 2.

The EC145 rescue helicopter lost radio and radar contact with controllers as it headed to Le Luc—Le Carnet in the hilly Var region.