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Mercy Air EMS Accident Claims Three
By: Bill Wagstaff
Caption: A Bell 222 operated by Air Methods subsidiary Mercy Air crashed on September 7 at 4:40 a.m.
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A Bell 222 operated by Air Methods subsidiary Mercy Air crashed on September 7 at 4:40 a.m. in Baker, Calif., en route to an auto accident. Killed in the crash, Mercy Air’s first, were pilot Marshall Butler, flight nurse Ana Coburn and paramedic Kalaya Jarbsunthie. The three were based at Mercy Air’s Pahrump, Nev. base. The NTSB is conducting an investigation. Based in Fontana, Calif., Mercy Air operates a fleet of 10 helicopters from nine operational bases between Southern California and Nevada.