HATTIESBURG, Miss. — At least 22 soldiers were hurt while parachuting in a Wednesday night training exercise at Mississippi's Camp Shelby military base, officials said.
According to WDAM-TV, the incident occurred about 8:30 p.m. after members of the Anchorage, Alaska-based 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division parachuted from a C-130 military transport plane carrying 89 troops. But high winds caused many of the soldiers to land in trees, a Camp Shelby official told the TV station.
"There are no life-threatening injuries at this time," the combat team said in a Facebook post.
U.S. Army Alaska spokesman John Pennell said seven injured paratroopers were taken to nearby hospitals, while 15 others were treated at the scene, WDAM and CBS News reported.