4 Killed in Md. Medevac Crash

Pilot radioed about bad weather; police find crash site 2 hours later
By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 28, 2008 1:00 PM CDT
4 Killed in Md. Medevac Crash
Officials work at a command post near the sight of a helicopter crash on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008 in Forestville, Md.    (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

A Maryland State Police Medevac helicopter crashed in bad weather early this morning, killing four of the five on board, the Washington Post reports. The crew was transporting two teenage car-crash victims to a hospital when air traffic controllers lost radio contact about 12:30am. Police found the crash site at 2am, and rushed the survivor, one of the accident victims, to a hospital.
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