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Durango – Three people were killed when a medical
evacuation helicopter crashed in a wooded area near this
southwestern Colorado town today, authorities said.
Montezuma County Coroner Charlie Rosenbaugh said two emergency
medical technicians and the pilot were killed. No patients were
aboard.
Rosenbaugh said the Tri-State Careflight helicopter was
preparing to land at the site of a logging accident when it
crashed.
Tri-State Careflight, based in Bullhead, Ariz., has aircraft and
crews stationed at the Durango airport and other airports in
Arizona and New Mexico.
