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REACH Medical Helicopter Crashes Onto Sacramento’s Highway 50, Critically Injuring Three Crew

Authorities opened a multi-agency probe following an on-scene rescue that freed a trapped crew member.

Helicóptero médico rojo siniestrado en plena autopista en Sacramento, rodeado de escombros y personal de emergencia atendiendo la escena bajo luces nocturnas, con ambulancias, camiones de bomberos y civiles observando la situación tras el accidente.
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Overview

  • The helicopter went down just after 7 p.m. Monday on the eastbound lanes of Highway 50 near 59th Street/Howe Avenue in Sacramento.
  • A pilot, a nurse, and a paramedic were aboard with no patient on board, and all three were transported to local hospitals in critical condition.
  • A firefighter and bystanders lifted the aircraft to extricate a trapped crew member, according to Sacramento Fire Department Capt. Justin Sylvia.
  • The California Highway Patrol closed eastbound Highway 50 at 59th Street as emergency crews worked and the investigation began.
  • FAA records list the aircraft as registered to REACH Air Medical Services, flight-tracking shows a rooftop departure from UC Davis Medical Center minutes earlier, and local reports identify the model as an Airbus H-130.