People on highway help lift chopper off of people hurt in crash

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A medical helicopter crashed on a highway in Sacramento, critically injuring three people aboard, including a woman who was pinned underneath and was rescued with the help of motorists who lifted part of the aircraft, according to officials.

The helicopter had taken a patient to a hospital and was on the way back to the place it had been dispatched from when it experienced an "in-air emergency" just after 7 p.m. Monday, said Captain Justin Sylvia, a spokesperson for the Sacramento Fire Department. He said it looks like the helicopter crashed upside-down and left a large debris field.

A pilot, nurse, and paramedic were taken to hospitals and were in critical condition, he said. No one on the highway was injured, he said, calling that "mind blowing" given that the helicopter crashed in the center of the highway.

"People reported that they basically saw the helicopter kind of going down quickly. So all the traffic slowed down," Sylvia said.

One of the people injured was trapped underneath the helicopter and a small crew from the fire department was able to work with people on the highway to push the aircraft off the woman to get her out and into an ambulance.

"It took every ounce of all approximately 15 people to move that aircraft up just enough to get her out," he said.
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The crew was fortunate that there were people on the highway at the time who pitched in on the rescue efforts.