Helicopter crashes on Sacramento freeway; 3 critically injured, officers say

Officers are investigating after a medical helicopter crashed on a Sacramento freeway Monday night.

The Sacramento Hearth Division stated 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 — have been on board and all have been taken to space hospitals with important accidents, Captain Justin Sylvia with Sacramento Hearth stated. No automobiles on the freeway have been concerned.

Two crew members have been situated within the roadway whereas one of many crew members was trapped beneath the helicopter when the primary unit from the fireplace division arrived, Sylvia stated. A fireplace captain and bystanders who supplied assist have been capable of raise the plane off the trapped crew member.

“We’re within the means of figuring out the small print of this case, in addition to the situation of the REACH crew concerned, who have been all taken to space hospitals,” REACH stated in an announcement. “We are going to proceed to offer info because it turns into obtainable. There was no affected person on board.   

One lane of Eastbound Freeway 50 had been reopened at 59th Avenue to permit for site visitors to go by, the California Freeway Patrol stated.

The reason for the crash stays beneath investigation. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Workplace stated it’s helping the CHP.

Video obtained by CBS Sacramento from an individual inside a car within the westbound lanes of the freeway captured the second the helicopter went down. A photograph taken by a CBS Sacramento crew on the scene exhibits the helicopter the wrong way up throughout a number of lanes lined in particles.

CBS Sacramento has reached out to the Federal Aviation Administration however has not instantly heard again.