Medical Helicopter Crashes Onto Highway in Sacramento, Critically Injuring 3

Medical Helicopter Crashes Onto Highway in Sacramento, Critically Injuring 3
A medical helicopter after it crashed on Highway 50 in Sacramento, Calif., on Oct. 6, 2025. Scott Marshall/AP Photo
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A medical helicopter crashed on a highway in Sacramento on Monday evening, critically injuring three people aboard, including a woman who had to be rescued from underneath the aircraft, according to officials.

The helicopter had taken a patient to a hospital and was on the way back to the place it had been dispatched from when it experienced an “in-air emergency” just after 7 p.m., said Captain Justin Sylvia, a spokesperson for the Sacramento Fire Department.