AP - The helicopter was taking a 1-year-old girl Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago for treatment when it crashed into a forest. All four people on board were killed in the accident just before midnight Wednesday night.
The child was being transported because of epileptic seizures according to a spokeswoman from the children’s hospital. The spokeswoman could not give any additional detail of the medical issues of the child to protect the child and her family’s privacy. It was reported that she had to be transported because another hospital did not have any rooms available.
Local police spokesman Sgt. Robb Wallers said that it seems that the helicopter clipped a wire from a radio tower. There was a broken wire hanging from the 750-foot radio tower that was close to the crash site. Engineers were examining this wire that was hovering over a busy road.
The helicopter is owned by Air Angels Inc., which is a medical transport service. Air Angels’ CEO Jim Adams explained that the crew on board was the pilot, nurse, and a paramedic from Air Angels. Their names have not been released. He added that the pilot did not report any mechanical or weather issues. When the helicopter crashed in a residential area it then caught on fire.
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