Photo gallery: Medical helicopter crash in Tucson
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Three people were killed in a helicopter crash on Tucson's north side Wednesday afternoon.
An investigator takes measurements at the scene of a helicopter crash that killed one crew member and seriously injured two others onboard when it crashed in a neighborhood near the intersection of East Glenn Street and North Park Ave. in Tucson, Ariz., Wednesday July 28, 2010.
- Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star
John Townsend, 74, left, talks with his neighbors Ralph Furno Jr., center, and Patrick Long about a helicopter that crashed into Townsend's shed at his home at the corner of Mitchell and Park Ave. July 28, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. Townsend was home at the time and heard the crash and felt his house shake. "Immediately after I went outside there was an explosion" he said "I didn't know it was a helicopter the way it looked like a bunch of twisted metal, I thought maybe it was an SUV".
- James Gregg
Smoke and flames pour from a LifeNet medical helicopter that crashed along Park Ave. south of Glenn St.
- Courtesy Mary Roby
The victims of the LifeNet helicopter in Tucson. From left, flight nurse Parker W. Summons, 41; paramedic Brenda E. French, 28; pilot Alexander (Alex) B. Kelley, 61.
- Photos courtesy Air Methods
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board work at the scene of the LifeNet helicopter crash on North Park Avenue just south of East Glenn Street on Thursday morning.
- Jill Torrance/Arizona Daily Star
A LifeNet helicopter crashed into a residential neighborhood on North Park Avenue just south of East Glenn Street on Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
- JILL TORRANCE/Arizona Daily Star
TPD officers watch over the tail section of a medical rescue helicopter that crashed landed on Park just south of Glenn, Tucson, AZ., Wed., July 28, 2010.
- Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star
Onlookers fill Park at Glenn to watch emergency personnell work the scene of a rescue helicopter crash just south of the intersection, Tucson, AZ., Wed., July 28, 2010.
- Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Sta
An investigator takes measurements at the scene of a helicopter crash that killed one crew member and seriously injured two others onboard when it crashed in a neighborhood near the intersection of East Glenn Street and North Park Ave. in Tucson, Ariz., Wednesday July 28, 2010.
- Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star
John Townsend, 74, left, talks with his neighbors Ralph Furno Jr., center, and Patrick Long about a helicopter that crashed into Townsend's shed at his home at the corner of Mitchell and Park Ave. July 28, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. Townsend was home at the time and heard the crash and felt his house shake. "Immediately after I went outside there was an explosion" he said "I didn't know it was a helicopter the way it looked like a bunch of twisted metal, I thought maybe it was an SUV".
- James Gregg
Smoke pours from the scene of the crash.
- Photo courtesy Mary Roby
- Photo courtesy Mary Roby
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Three people were killed when a medical evacuation helicopter crashed on Tucson's north side Wednesday afternoon.
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