A medical helicopter crashed on a highway in California's capital, 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, officials said.

The helicopter landed upside down Monday evening and left debris scattered across State Route 50 east of downtown Sacramento. The aircraft had departed a hospital after dropping off a patient when it experienced an “in-air emergency" and went down just after 7 p.m., said Captain Justin Sylvia with the Sacramento Fire Department.

A pilot, nurse and paramedic were taken to hospitals 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 eastbound l

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