According to an initial report from the Federal Aviation Administration, the helicopter struck a guy wire and crashed, then caught on fire. The three crew members were the only passengers on board.

Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset Saturday, Oct. 12, in honor of a medical helicopter crew killed Oct. 7 in a crash in Owenton.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has ordered flags to half-staff across Kentucky on Saturday to honor three Air Evac crew members who were killed in a helicopter crash.

Three people have died after a medical helicopter on its way to pick up a patient crashed in Kentucky.

Kentucky State Police say three crew members were killed when a medical helicopter crashed while heading to pick up a patient. The crash was reported on Monday.

A medical helicopter in Kentucky crashed, killing all three crew members aboard, officials say. The NTSB will investigate the cause of the crash.

An Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter crashed in Owenton, Kentucky, while on the way to pick up a patient killing all three crew.

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Three crew members were killed when a medical helicopter heading to pick up a patient crashed in Kentucky, authorities said. The crash was reported Monday evening in Owenton near state Highway 22, Kentucky State Police said in a news release.