A driver who narrowly avoided a helicopter crash while traveling along a Sacramento highway has shared chilling details of the incident that has left at least three critically injured.
A medical aircraft came plummeting down onto the busy Highway 50, which runs East from the California city until the Nevada state line near Lake Tahoe, just after 7pm local time.
As many as 15 bystanders rushed to the crash site to help drag victims from the ruins, authorities said.
Sacramento Fire told KCRA there were no patients on the REACH medical helicopter but a pilot, nurse and paramedic were on board.
Captain Justin Sylvia with Sacramento Fire said all three crew members were taken to the hospital with critical injuries.
