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Pa. medical helicopter crash may lead to new dispatch rules

By CHUCK BIEDKA
Valley News Dispatch (Pennsylvania)

An investigation is under way to learn if the closest medical helicopter was dispatched to a head-on collision involving a car and SUV along Route 366 in New Kensington on Dec. 21.

Two people were flown to Pittsburgh hospitals in separate helicopters after they were cut from the car they were riding in, police said.

According to officials, a StatMedEvac helicopter based in the Kittanning area was on its way to the accident when it was canceled. Instead, a LifeFlight helicopter was dispatched from Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.

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