Military helicopter lands in Lancaster County

An Apache helicopter performed an emergency landing on Highway 601 in Lancaster County earlier today.

WBTV has the story:

LANCASTER CO., SC (WBTV) - Late Sunday afternoon, a US Army helicopter made an emergency landing off of highway 601 West of Pageland between Lancaster Co. and Estridge Ave.

"The helicopter did landed safely in the middle of the road." reported by Major David Belk, Lancaster County Sheriff's Department. Only two people were on board. Both escape with no injuries and no property damage. Belk is not sure why the aircraft went down, where it was coming from or where it was going. There are military bases in Charleston and Columbia. Pageland is in between these area.

Interestingly, the helicopter is to be left at the location overnight. Not sure if that means if it'll be left in the middle of the road as the images at the aforementioned link suggest.