Medical helicopter crash in rain, fog kills 4 in Calif.
A medical helicopter carrying a patient to a hospital crashed amid heavy rain and fog in California’s agricultural San Joaquin Valley, killing all four people aboard, officials said.
The SkyLife air ambulance had a pilot, a nurse, a paramedic and a patient aboard when it went down in a field about halfway through its 50-mile trip Thursday night, American Ambulance President Todd Valeri said. The Bell 407 helicopter was headed from Porterville Municipal Airport to San Joaquin Community Hospital in Bakersfield when it crashed, fire officials said.
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