3 killed in medical helicopter crash in South Carolina

Saturday, September 26, 2009 WASHINGTON: Three people were killed when a medical transport helicopter crashed in coastal South Carolina, the latest in a string of such accidents.The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the Friday night crash in Georgetown County. NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson says no patients were on board. There were no survivors.Knudson says the helicopter had dropped off a patient at about 9:35 p.m. local time Friday in Charleston. He says the helicopter went down about 11:30 p.m.Knudson did not know where the plane was traveling to. An NTSB investigator was on his way to the scene and was expected to be there sometime Saturday.