3 Dead in Mississippi Medical Helicopter Crash

First responders work the scene after a medical transport helicopter crashed in Madison County, Miss., on March 10, 2025, in a still from video. WAPT via AP

Three people on board a medical transport helicopter lost their lives when the aircraft crashed in Mississippi on Monday, officials said.

The helicopter was returning to Columbus from a patient transport in Jackson when it crashed in rural Madison County at around 12:30 pm, killing everyone on board, said Dr. LouAnn Woodward, the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s (UMMC) vice chancellor for health affairs, at a press conference Monday evening.