5 Dead, Including Patient, in Medical Flight Crash in Nevada

5 Dead, Including Patient, in Medical Flight Crash in Nevada
A Care Flight medical transport plane carrying a patient and four others that crashed the day before is seen in Lyon County, Nev., on Feb. 25, 2023. Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP
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STAGECOACH, Nev.—All five people aboard a medical transport flight, including a patient, were killed in a plane crash Friday night in a mountainous area in northern Nevada.

The Lyon County Sheriff’s office said authorities began receiving calls about the crash near Stagecoach, Nevada, around 9:15 p.m. and found the wreckage two hours later. Stagecoach, a rural community home to around 2,500 residents, is about 45 miles southeast of Reno.