While emergency crews were working the first crash scene, an intoxicated car driver bypassed emergency vehicles and crashed into the tail fin of a Careflite helicopter that had landed in the middle of Highway 287. The helicopter was disabled and unable to transport the original crash victims to hospitals.
- Date
- November 13, 2011
- Make
- AgustaWestland
- Model
- AW109
- Location
- Highway 287, Elkhart
- Country
- US-Texas
- CivilMilitary
- Civil
- Operator
- Careflite
- Link 1
- http://www.youreasttexas.com/One-dead--three-arrested-after-early-morning-accid/11458866
- Link 2
- http://www.kltv.com/story/16032873/medical-helicopter-damaged-in-weekend-fatality-wreck
- Link 3
- http://houstoncountylife.com/2011/11/14/drunk-driver-hits-life-flight-helicopter-in-elkhart/
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