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Medical helicopter crashes in California

A medical emergency helicopter has crashed on a busy stretch of Highway 50 in California, the United States.

The helicopter crashed in Sacramento on Monday, October 6, 2025, injuring three.

The air transport operator confirmed the incident, noting that no patient was aboard.

Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty, in a post on X on Tuesday morning, disclosed that survivors were taken to the hospital to be treated after the helicopter came down near the city’s 59th Street on the eastbound side of the highway.

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“We are in the process of determining the details of this situation, as well as the condition of the crew involved, who were all taken to area hospitals,” operator REACH told Reuters in an email.

The company provides services for the critically ill and injured across the western United States, its website shows.

The cause of the crash is being investigated, report added.

Sacramento fire authorities and the regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration, have yet to speak on the helicopter crash.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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