Chicago Helicopter Crash Kills 4

A medical helicopter crashed today killing all four on board. The medical helicopter was in route to Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago from Valley West Hospital when it apparrantly struck a radio station tower guy wire.  The medical ambulance was owned and operated by Air Angles, Inc an emergency medical helicopter / medivac transport company in Bolingbrook, Ilinois.

The air ambulance had a full crew on board including of course the pilot, a nurse and an EMS paramedic. [Oct 16, 2008]