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Medical helicopter crash kills 2, injures 1

North Memorial Air Care helicopter crash at Minn. regional airport kills pilot and nurse, injures third crew member

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North Memorial Health says no patients were on board when the helicopter crashed.

Courtesy North Memorial Health Air Care Facebook/Billie Sell

Associated Press

BRAINERD, Minn. — A nurse and a pilot are dead and a crew member injured after a medical helicopter crash at a regional airport in Minnesota.

North Memorial Health says no patients were on board when the crash happened about 1 a.m. Friday at the Brainerd airport.

The injured crew member was taken to St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd. The crew member’s condition was not given.

North Memorial Health says the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have been notified.