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Accidents: EMS helo crash fatal
By: Mary F. Silitch
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Eurocopter EC 135T2+, La Crosse, Wis., May 10, 2008
–Three people–the pilot, a physician and a flight nurse–were killed when the Air Methods helicopt
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Eurocopter EC 135T2+, La Crosse, Wis., May 10, 2008–Three people–the pilot, a physician and a flight nurse–were killed when the Air Methods helicopter crashed into trees and the ground. The EC 135 hit the top of the ridgeline, where tree strikes and main rotor blade fragments were found, and the main wreckage landed on the far side of the ridgeline.