WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Flight medic Erasmus “Johan” van der Colff IV died Wednesday night from injuries sustained in a medical helicopter crash in Wichita Falls.
Colff’s death marks the third fatality resulting from the October 4th crash, TexomasHomePage reports.
Flight nurse Leslie Stewart, 28, died from injuries on October 8th. The patient on board, Buddy Rhodes, 28, died in the crash. The pilot, Zechariah Smith, survived the crash with serious injuries.
A report filed with the NTSB indicates during an attempt to land, the pilot lost control of the helicopter and it began to spin. It spun five times before crashing and bursting into flames.