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Here is more information from local Wisconsin Papers
Three killed in Med Flight crash

MADISON -- A medical helicopter on a return flight after dropping off a
patient crashed after takeoff, killing the surgeon, nurse and pilot aboard,
officials said Sunday.

The University of Wisconsin Hospital Med Flight helicopter was returning to
Madison on Saturday night from the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La
Crosse when it crashed, UW Hospital spokesman Aaron Conklin said.

The helicopter left Madison around 8:30 p.m. Saturday night to drop off a
patient at the La Crosse hospital and departed the airport there at about
10:30 p.m., UW Hospital chief operating officer Margaret Van Bree said.

"No further communication was received from the crew," she said.

The helicopter was found about four miles from the airport around 8:40 a.m.
Sunday, Van Bree said.

Preliminary reports indicate the helicopter may have struck a hill or some
trees but the exact cause is not yet known, Van Bree said. Killed in the
crash were surgeon Darren Bean, nurse Mark Coyne and pilot Steve Lipperer,
she said.


On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Anthony Caruso <medic541 at hotmail.com>
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>  MADISON, Wis. - Three people died when a University of Wisconsin Hospital
> Med Flight helicopter crashed after taking off Saturday night from La
> Crosse, a hospital spokesman said Sunday.A surgeon, a nurse and the pilot
> were killed in the crash, which took place as the helicopter was returning
> to Madison from the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, said Aaron Conklin.A
> hospital spokeswoman, Lisa Brunette, said earlier that the craft took off
> about 10:30 p.m.There is one other Med Flight helicopter that serves
> university hospital system and it has been grounded, Conklin said.The
> families of the victims have been notified, but the names were not
> immediately released.
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