Matt Molnar
2008-10-16, 01:29 PM
4 killed in helicopter crash in Chicago suburb (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ghsV51YkjN3SlbMyaqikpnzoK5kgD93RKLQ01)
By DON BABWIN – 3 hours ago
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — A medical helicopter transporting a 1-year-old girl to a Chicago hospital crashed and burned overnight, killing all four aboard, authorities said Thursday.
The helicopter was headed for Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago from Valley West Hospital in Sandwich, about 50 miles west, when it went down minutes before midnight, said Aurora police spokesman Sgt. Robb Wallers.
Wallers said the helicopter may have clipped a radio tower's wire before the crash. [Full article (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ghsV51YkjN3SlbMyaqikpnzoK5kgD93RKLQ01)]
By DON BABWIN – 3 hours ago
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — A medical helicopter transporting a 1-year-old girl to a Chicago hospital crashed and burned overnight, killing all four aboard, authorities said Thursday.
The helicopter was headed for Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago from Valley West Hospital in Sandwich, about 50 miles west, when it went down minutes before midnight, said Aurora police spokesman Sgt. Robb Wallers.
Wallers said the helicopter may have clipped a radio tower's wire before the crash. [Full article (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ghsV51YkjN3SlbMyaqikpnzoK5kgD93RKLQ01)]