SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A retired California Highway Patrol officer known for his heroism during one of California’s deadliest wildfires is now recovering from serious injuries after a medical helicopter crash in Sacramento .

Pilot Chad Millward , who spent nearly three decades with the CHP, was flying a REACH Air Medical helicopter when it went down Monday along Highway 50.

The CHP said Millward’s career was defined by courage and selflessness. In 2017, KRCR reports, he, his fellow officer and two other officers from the Golden Gate Division rescued a total of 41 people trapped by the Atlas Fire in Napa County, including a woman eight months pregnant. They received the Governor’s Public Safety Medal of Valor for their actions. Millward and his partner personally saved 15 of those i

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