PERRYVILLE, Mo. (AP) - Authorities are investigating why a medical helicopter crashed over the weekend in southeastern Missouri’s Perry County, slightly injuring a 5-year-old patient and at least three crew members.
Sheriff Gary Schaff says the victims were hospitalized after the crash shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
Schaff says the helicopter experienced unspecified issues and crash landed, coming to rest upside-down.
The Federal Aviation Administration has been called in to investigate.
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