After their helicopter crashed in Shelby County, Alabama, on Sunday night, two members of a medical crew died, and one is still in very bad shape.
The chief deputy said that Shelby County deputies then set up a place for the helicopter to land near Highway 280 and Bear Creek Road.
The company that owns the LifeSaver helicopter, Air Methods, said in a statement that there was an accident when the helicopter landed.
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One of the crew members was pronounced dead at the scene, and the hiker and the other two crew members were taken to a nearby hospital. Hammac said that one of the two people who were taken to the hospital died there. Air Methods said in a statement that the third crew member is still in very bad shape.
Hammac said that the NTSB will do a full investigation of the crash with help from the FAA.
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