Three remain hospitalized after medical helicopter crashes

Three people remain hospitalized as federal agencies investigate the cause of the helicopter crash that injured them, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.

About 2 a.m. Saturday, a North Memorial Medical Center helicopter went down on the east side of Lake Winona en route to the airport in Alexandria, Minn.

On board were pilot Joshua Jones, 47, flight nurse Scott Scepaniak, 44, and flight paramedic Miles Weske, 34. All three are hospitalized at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, according to the sheriff’s office. There were no patients on board.

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