2 Dead, 1 Hurt in Medical Copter Crash in Alabama: Report

Personnel on board a rescue helicopter EC-225 put on a demonstration during a ceremony in Taipei on July 10, 2012. Mandy Cheng/AFP/GettyImages

A medical helicopter responding to a call to airlift a hiker with breathing problems crashed Sunday southeast of the Alabama city of Birmingham, leaving two of its crew dead and sending the third to a hospital, authorities said.