A medical helicopter experienced an “in-air emergency” on Monday evening, crashing onto a highway in Sacramento, California.
The helicopter was on the return leg of its trip after transporting a patient to a nearby hospital when it crashed into the eastbound lane of Highway 50 in East Sacramento, shortly after 7 p.m. local time, according to reports. The incident injured all three people aboard the REACH Air Medical Services helicopter: the pilot, nurse, and paramedic.
“People reported that they basically saw the helicopter kind of going down quickly. So all the traffic slowed down,” said Captain Justin Sylvia, a spokesman for the Sacramento Fire Department.
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One of the injured people was trapped underneath after the accident and had to be rescued by first responders and bystanders,
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