SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Retired California Highway Patrol Officer, Chad Millward was the pilot flying the REACH medical helicopter that crash landed on Highway 50 in Sacramento Monday evening.
The helicopter landed on the embankment and rolled onto the notoriously busy freeway surrounded by homes, narrowly missing the cars and houses around it. Bystanders on the freeway captured videos showing the exact moment the helicopter hit the ground, immediately going up in smoke.
Ron Lim, a local pilot from Redding who has been flying planes for nearly five decades, praised Millwards actions, “The pilot did an excellent job saving everybody on the helicopter and saving other people on the ground,” said Lim…