Sunday, September 28, 2008

Teen survives, 4 killed in medevac crash

Teen survives, 4 killed in medevac crash
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Medevac helicopter crashes on way to hospital; 4 dead

Teenage patient survives the crash and is taken to hospital

Pilot said he was diverting around bad weather before radio contact was lost
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A medical evacuation helicopter crashed in suburban Washington late Saturday night, leaving four people dead, a Prince George's County Fire Department spokesman said.

The Maryland State Police helicopter was en route to Prince George's Hospital with two patients who had been critically injured in a Charles County, Maryland, car crash.

The copter went down in the Ritchie, Maryland, area, spokesman Mark Brady said.

The pilot, a paramedic, an emergency medical services technician and one of the patients were killed, he said.
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