US | Chicago Chicago Tot Perishes in Medevac Crash Girl was being transported to Chicago hospital for seizure treatment By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Oct 16, 2008 8:26 AM CDT Copied Workers with the Dupage County Coroner remove one of four bodies from the wreckage of a helicopter in Aurora, Il., today. Four people, including a 13-month-old girl, perished in the overnight crash. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) A medical helicopter crashed in a Chicago suburb late last night, killing three crew members and a 13-month-old patient. The helicopter was headed to Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago from just outside the city when it went down minutes before midnight. A hospital spokeswoman said the little girl was being transported to the hospital because of epileptic seizures. The helicopter crashed in a field near a residential area in the suburb of Aurora and was engulfed in flames, police said. The aircraft may have clipped a wire suspended from a radio tower before tumbling to the ground. The incident was at least the ninth fatal crash in the past 12 months across the country involving medical transport helicopters. Read These Next Negative press coverage should get TV licenses yanked, Trump says. Here's what late-night hosts had to say about Jimmy Kimmel. Autopsy is in for Black student found hanged from tree at college. FCC chair might 'look into' The View next. Report an error