4 bodies recovered from Marine helicopter crash near El Centro

LOS ANGELES — The bodies of four crew members killed when their Marine helicopter crashed during a training mission in the Southern California desert have been removed from the crash site, authorities said Wednesday.
The crew members were recovered late Tuesday and taken to a coroner’s facility, said Deputy Coroner Derrick Lindberg with the Imperial Valley Sheriff’s Office.
The Marine Corps will take custody of the bodies to conduct autopsies, he said.
The CH-53E Super Stallion