Helicopter crash critically injures 3, shuts down highway in California

Dashcam video shows the moment a medical helicopter crashes onto California highway

New video offers another perspective of the medical helicopter that crashed onto a Sacramento highway earlier this week.

Family praise ‘heroes’ who rescued nurse trapped under highway helicopter wreck

It comes as experts say the pilot’s swift response may have helped avoid even more carnage.

3 critically injured after medevac helicopter crashes on highway in Sacramento

SACRAMENTO — Three people were critically injured Monday evening after a medevac helicopter crashed onto freeway lanes of Highway 50 in East Sacramento.

3 injured as medevac helicopter crashes in Sacramento

A medevac helicopter on Monday night crashed onto the freeway lanes of Highway 50 in East Sacramento, leaving three people with critical injuries while blocking eastbound traffic through the night. Just before 7:10 p.m., the helicopter, seconds after departing UC Davis Medical Center, fell from the sky east of the hospital campus, onto the eastbound lanes just west of 59th Street. The location of the crash lies about a mile west of the Sacrament…

Multiple Injuries After Helicopter Crashes Onto Highway

Three people were critically injured after a medical helicopter crashed onto a highway in California. A pilot, nurse, and paramedic were transported to hospitals after the helicopter crashed onto U.S. Highway 50 near 59th Street in Sacramento. “The crash happened near 59th Street just after 7 p.m., shutting down eastbound lanes and slowing westbound traffic. Images show what appears to be a red medical helicopter on the road as emergency crews r…

Medical helicopter crashes on Sacramento freeway

(The Center Square) – A REACH Air Medical Services helicopter crashed Monday night on a Sacramento freeway, resulting in critical injuries to its three crew members and shutting down traffic for hours.