Helicopter crash critically injures 3, shuts down highway in California

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…

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.

Motorists lift medical helicopter off woman after crash on Sacramento highway

SACRAMENTO - A medical helicopter crashed on a highway in Sacramento, critically injuring three people aboard, including a woman who was pinned underneath and was rescued with the help of motorists who lifted part of the aircraft, according to officials. 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. Monday, said Captain…

3 in critical condition after helicopter crashes in Sacramento

The Sacramento Fire Department said three victims are in critical condition. All were on board of the REACH Helicopter.

Medical helicopter crashes on freeway

A medical helicopter crashed on a Sacramento, California, freeway, snarling traffic Monday night.

Some 15 people lift medical helicopter to rescue woman after crash on California highway

A medical helicopter crashed on a highway in Sacramento, critically injuring three people aboard, including a woman who was pinned underneath and was rescued with the help of motorists who lifted part of the aircraft, according to officials.