By HALLIE GOLDEN, The Associated Press

A medical helicopter crashed on a highway in Sacramento, California , 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 Justin Sylvia, a spokesperson for the Sacramento Fire Department . He said it looks like the helicopter crashed upside-down and left a large debris field.

A pilot, nurse and paramedic in the helicopter were taken to hospitals and were in critical condition, he said. No one on the highway was injured, he

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