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Photo gallery: Medical helicopter crash in Tucson
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Photo gallery: Medical helicopter crash in Tucson

  • Jul 28, 2010
  • Jul 28, 2010 Updated Aug 13, 2010

Three people were killed in a helicopter crash on Tucson's north side Wednesday afternoon.

Medical helicopter crash in Tucson

Medical helicopter crash in Tucson
Smoke and flames pour from a LifeNet medical helicopter that crashed along Park Ave. south of Glenn St. Courtesy Mary Roby

Victims of medical helicopter crash

Victims of medical helicopter crash
The victims of the LifeNet helicopter in Tucson. From left, flight nurse Parker W. Summons, 41; paramedic Brenda E. French, 28; pilot Alexander (Alex) B. Kelley, 61. Photos courtesy Air Methods

Federal investigators at the crash site

Federal investigators at the crash site
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board work at the scene of the LifeNet helicopter crash on North Park Avenue just south of East Glenn Street on Thursday morning. Jill Torrance/Arizona Daily Star

Helicopter crash

Helicopter crash
A LifeNet helicopter crashed into a residential neighborhood on North Park Avenue just south of East Glenn Street on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. JILL TORRANCE/Arizona Daily Star

Helicopter crash

Helicopter crash
TPD officers watch over the tail section of a medical rescue helicopter that crashed landed on Park just south of Glenn, Tucson, AZ., Wed., July 28, 2010. Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star

Helicopter crash

Helicopter crash
Onlookers fill Park at Glenn to watch emergency personnell work the scene of a rescue helicopter crash just south of the intersection, Tucson, AZ., Wed., July 28, 2010. Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Sta

Helicopter crash

Helicopter crash
An investigator takes measurements at the scene of a helicopter crash that killed one crew member and seriously injured two others onboard when it crashed in a neighborhood near the intersection of East Glenn Street and North Park Ave. in Tucson, Ariz., Wednesday July 28, 2010. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

Helicopter crash

Helicopter crash
John Townsend, 74, left, talks with his neighbors Ralph Furno Jr., center, and Patrick Long about a helicopter that crashed into Townsend's shed at his home at the corner of Mitchell and Park Ave. July 28, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. Townsend was home at the time and heard the crash and felt his house shake. "Immediately after I went outside there was an explosion" he said "I didn't know it was a helicopter the way it looked like a bunch of twisted metal, I thought maybe it was an SUV". James Gregg

Helicopter crash

Helicopter crash
Smoke pours from the scene of the crash. Photo courtesy Mary Roby

Helicopter crash

Helicopter crash
Photo courtesy Mary Roby

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