Medical helicopter crashes while responding to crash in Southwest Ohio
MILFORD TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Three crisis workers had been injured early Tuesday morning when their medical helicopter crashed though responding to a fatal vehicle crash in Southwest Ohio.
A information launch from the Butler County Sheriff’s Office environment claims none of the injuries to the CareFlight helicopter’s crew customers ended up life-threatening, but they were being taken to a clinic for treatment. It is unidentified what brought on the helicopter to crash as it tried to land at the scene just in advance of 5 a.m.
The helicopter was responding to a two-automobile crash that killed at 69-calendar year-aged Indiana woman and critically hurt a 43-calendar year-aged lady. The sheriff’s office claims a 1998 Chevrolet Silverado pulled into an intersection and was struck by a 2013 GMC Sierra.
The Indiana woman, who was a passenger in the back again seat of the Silverado, was ejected from the motor vehicle and died at the scene. The hurt lady was a passenger in the front seat of the Silverado and rescuers had to lower aside the automobile in purchase to eliminate her.
Two other folks in the Silverado experienced minor accidents, whilst the sole occupant of the Sierra was not hurt.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the helicopter crash, the sheriff’s office environment states.
