An Airbus EC-130 T2 helicopter registered to Reach Air Medical Services crashed on a Sacramento freeway on Monday evening. All three crew members, including the pilot, a flight nurse, and a paramedic, were critically injured. According to the Sacramento Fire Department, the accident took place shortly after 7 p.m., during the return trip from a patient transport mission.

Sacramento Fire Department Captain Justin Sylvia told the Associated Press that two of the crew members were found by rescue crews on the roadway while a third was pinned beneath the helicopter. A fire captain and nearby bystanders helped lift the aircraft to free the trapped crew member before all three were transported to local hospitals with critical injuries.

“No vehicles on the freeway were involved,” Sylvia told th

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