Helicopter crashes on Sacramento freeway; 3 critically injured

Officials are investigating after a medical helicopter crashed on a Sacramento freeway Monday evening.

The Sacramento Fire Department said a REACH medical helicopter went down shortly after 7 p.m. on eastbound Highway 50 near 59th Street.

Three crew members — a pilot, a nurse and a paramedic — were on board and all were taken to area hospitals with critical injuries, Captain Justin Sylvia with Sacramento Fire said. No vehicles on the freeway were involved…

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