Overview

• Officials say the REACH air medical helicopter went down around 7:08 p.m. on eastbound Highway 50 near 59th Street in Sacramento.
• The three people aboard — a pilot, a nurse and a paramedic — were transported to hospitals in critical condition, and there was no patient on board.
• About 15 bystanders helped firefighters lift part of the wreckage to free a trapped crew member, and the fuel did not ignite.
• Eastbound Highway 50 remains closed at 59th Street with major delays reported, and westbound traffic was intermittently affected during the response.
• Flight-tracking data identified the aircraft as an Airbus H130 (N414RX) that had departed UC Davis Medical Center minutes earlier, as CHP, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office and federal aviation authorities begin the probe.