The Associated Press
BURNEY, Ind. — Air Evac Lifeteam says it’s suspending its patient flights in Indiana following a helicopter crash that killed three people near Burney in rural Decatur County.
The delay is so the company can assess flight crews that also flew with the three crew members who were killed.
Air Evac identifies the crew as pilot Roger Warren, flight nurse Sandra Pearson, and flight paramedic and base manager Wade Weston. There were no patients on board.
Decatur County Sheriff Daryl Templeton says the helicopter exploded on impact this afternoon. It had just taken off from a fundraiser in Burney and was headed back to its base at a Rushville hospital.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known.