Medical helicopter crashes in western Tennessee; 3 crew members reported dead

Medical chopper crash in Tenn. kills 3 on crew

BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. — A medical helicopter has crashed in western Tennessee and state officials say three crew members were killed.

Tennessee Emergency Management Agency spokesman Jeremy Heidt in Nashville says it was a medical flight that crashed into a field shortly after 6 a.m. CDT during a rainstorm Thursday morning near Brownsville.

Heidt said the Hospital Wing helicopter had flown a patient to a Jackson hospital and was returning to its base in Brownsville when it went down. All those aboard were crew members.

The crash scene is about 55 miles northeast of Memphis.