Medical helicopter crashes onto busy California highway

Three people, two women and a man, are in critical condition after a medical helicopter crashed onto a busy highway in Sacramento Monday evening, according to video and multiple media accounts.

The harrowing ordeal occurred at around 7 p.m. in eastbound lanes of Highway 50 in East Sacramento near 59th Street exit, KTLA’s sister station FOX40 reported.

Video footage of the incident captured by a motorist and obtained by KTLA shows the aircraft, registered to REACH Air Medical Services, careening toward the highway and slamming into the roadway, sending smoke and debris across all lanes of traffic.

A pilot, nurse and paramedic were aboard the helicopter when it went down. All three were rushed to the hospital in critical condition by medical personnel with the Sacramento Fire Department.