"The helicopter had taken a patient to a hospital and was on the way back to the place it had been dispatched from when it experienced an in-air emergency just after 7 p.m., said Captain Justin Sylvia, a spokesperson for the Sacramento Fire Department. A pilot, nurse and paramedic were taken to hospitals and were in critical condition, he said. No one on the highway was injured, he said, calling that mind blowing given that the helicopter crashed in the center of the highway."
"People reported that they basically saw the helicopter kind of going down quickly. So all the traffic slowed down, Sylvia said. One of the people injured was trapped underneath the helicopter and a small crew from the fire department was able to work with people on the highway to push the aircraft off the woman to get her out and into an ambulance. It took every ounce of all approximately 15 people to move that aircraft up just enough to get her out, he said."
A medical helicopter crashed on Highway 50 in Sacramento on Monday evening after experiencing an in-air emergency just after 7 p.m. The aircraft had transported a patient to a hospital and was returning to its dispatch location when the emergency occurred. A pilot, a nurse and a paramedic aboard were critically injured and taken to area hospitals. One injured person became trapped beneath the helicopter and was freed after approximately 15 people, including a small fire department crew and motorists, pushed the aircraft enough to place her into an ambulance. Eastbound lanes were closed and the cause remains under investigation.
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