US: Patient, medical staff die as care flight crashes in Nevada

Updated : Feb 28, 2023 16:30
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PTI

All five people aboard a medical transport flight, including a patient, were killed in a plane crash in a mountainous area in northern Nevada.

The Lyon County Sheriff's office said authorities began receiving calls about the crash on Friday night near Stagecoach, Nevada, around 9:15 pm and found the wreckage two hours later. Stagecoach, a rural community home to around 2,500 residents, is about 45 miles (72 kilometers) southeast of Reno.

Care Flight, which provides ambulance service by plane and helicopter, said the dead included the pilot, a flight nurse, a flight paramedic, a patient and a patient's family member.

The crash occurred amid a winter storm warning issued by the National Weather Service in Reno for large swaths of Nevada, including parts of Lyon County.

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