SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
Investigators are continuing to look into the cause of the medical helicopter crash on Highway 50 Monday night in Sacramento.
Three people on-board the helicopter were transported to UC Davis Medical Center in critical condition.
KCRA 3 Investigates analyzed reports from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as well as the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to see just how rare accidents involving the company, REACH Air Medical Services. We also looked into crashes involving air medical helicopters nationwide.
REACH, which stands for Redwood Empire Air Care Helicopter, was founded in 1987 by Dr. John McDonald, Jr., who worked at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa for 20 years. The company's operations now span California, Oregon, Wyoming, Nev