At Least 3 Killed in Tennessee Medical Helicopter Crash

Pilot among dead

A medical helicopter crashed on its way to pick up an ailing child in southwestern Tennessee Tuesday morning, killing the pilot and two Memphis children's hospital workers, officials at the hospital said.

The helicopter—carrying a registered nurse and a respiratory therapist from Memphis' Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and the pilot—crashed around 6:20 a.m. near Somerville, about halfway between Memphis and the crew's destination of Bolivar, officials at the hospital told reporters Tuesday morning.