SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) — A big-scale response is underway after a medical helicopter crashed onto a freeway in Sacramento Monday night.
The crash was reported simply after 7 p.m. on eastbound Freeway 50, simply east of Stockton Boulevard.
REACH Air Medical providers confirmed three crew members had been damage within the crash. They are saying no sufferers had been on board.
Investigators say the helicopter had simply taken off from the UC Davis Medical Heart heading to Redding when it went down close to 59th Road.
Sacramento fireplace officers say the crew injured – two girls and one man – had been taken to native hospitals.
The fireplace division additionally says one of many victims had been trapped beneath the helicopter.
A hearth captain received assist from individuals standing round within the space to raise a part of the helicopter, get the sufferer out and cargo that particular person into an ambulance.
No bystanders had been damage.
The CHP says the all eastbound lanes of Freeway 50 shall be shut down for an prolonged time period.
Drivers are suggested to keep away from the world.
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