Officers are investigating after a medical helicopter crashed on a Sacramento freeway Monday night.
The Sacramento Fireplace Division mentioned a REACH medical helicopter went down shortly after 7 p.m. on eastbound Freeway 50 close to 59th Avenue.
Three crew members — a pilot, a nurse and a paramedic — had been on board and all had been taken to space hospitals with crucial accidents, Captain Justin Sylvia with Sacramento Fireplace mentioned. No automobiles on the freeway had been concerned.
Two crew members had been situated within the roadway whereas one of many crew members was trapped underneath the helicopter when the primary unit from the fireplace division arrived, Sylvia mentioned. A hearth captain and bystanders who provided assist had been in a position to elevate the plane off the trapped crew member.
Eastbound Freeway 50 is underneath a full closure at 59th Avenue as a result of crash, the California Freeway Patrol mentioned. Freeway 99 northbound to Freeway 50 eastbound, and Freeway 51 southbound to Freeway 50 eastbound are additionally shut down, with an unknown time for reopening.
The reason for the crash stays underneath investigation. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned it’s helping the CHP.
A photograph taken by a CBS Sacramento crew on the scene reveals the helicopter the other way up throughout a number of lanes coated in particles.
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CBS Sacramento has reached out to the Federal Aviation Administration however has not instantly heard again.