The pilot, nurse and paramedic on board a medical helicopter that crashed onto Sacramento's Highway 50 remained in critical condition Tuesday at UC Davis Medical Center.

Family and friends of the nurse have identified her as Suzie Smith, a flight nurse who they said had a passion for serving others.

The Reach 5 Medical Air flight had just dropped off a patient at UC Davis Medical Center and had just begun heading north back to Redding when it went down.

"She is tough as nails and goes day in and day out on these flights and shows up to these horrific accidents and is the first responder," said a friend of Suzie's, Joseph Anfuso.

Miraculously, not a single driver on the highway got hurt when the helicopter came crashing down.

"Honestly, I just started crying because it just seems l

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