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Medical plane crashes near stagecoach, 5 killed: Nevada sheriff

A medical plane crashed near Stagecoach on Friday, February 24, killing all five people, including a patient, according to Nevada officials.

A medical plane crashed near Stagecoach on Friday, February 24, killing all five people, including a patient, according to Nevada officials.

Reno Gazette-Journal via AP

A medical flight crash near Stagecoach killed all five people aboard, including a patient and family member, Nevada sheriff’s officials reported.

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The Pilatus PC-12 fixed-wing aircraft vanished from radar at about 9:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, CareFlight said in a news release.

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Searchers found the wreckage at about 11:15 p.m., the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

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All five people aboard, including a pilot, flight nurse, flight paramedic, patient and a patient’s family member, died in the crash, CareFlight said.

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“Our organization is grieving the loss of our valued team members and extends our deepest condolences to their families,” CareFlight said in the release.

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Lyon County officials and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.

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About half a million patients use “air ambulance” services such as CareFlight each year in the United States, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

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Care Flight is part of the Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority, a private health care nonprofit based in Reno.

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Stagecoach is a city of about 2,400 people about 45 miles southeast of Reno.

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Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for over 25 years. Since 2016 he has been his reporter for The Sacramento Bee-based Real Time.



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