Medical helicopter crashes in Oklahoma leaving one crew member injured
The aircraft was returning to Childress, Texas, with three crew members on board when it went down near Lone Wolf.
A medical helicopter carrying three crew members crashed in southwestern Oklahoma early Friday morning near the town of Lone Wolf, according to reports from the Times of India, New York Post and Hindustan Times.
The incident occurred at approximately 3:30 am in a field about one mile north of Lone Wolf and west of Boundary Road in Kiowa County.
Kiowa County Sheriff Joe Janz stated that the helicopter was bound for Childress, Texas, and was believed to have departed from an Oklahoma hospital. No patients were on board at the time of the crash.
One crew member sustained non-life-threatening injuries at the site and was taken to a hospital for treatment. The condition of the other two crew members was not specified.
The aircraft is registered to Med-Trans, a company based in Denton, Texas, according to the New York Post. The helicopter was manufactured in 2007 and is fully certified, per Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has taken over the crash site. Investigators from the FAA and other state and federal agencies are expected to examine the incident to determine the cause.