Rescue chopper crashes
2003-06-27 08:24
Johannesburg - Four people were killed on Thursday night when a medical rescue helicopter leaving the scene of a traffic accident crashed into a mountain in Namibia, SABC radio news reported on Friday.
The pilot, the patient the team was transporting and two paramedics - one of them a South African - died in the crash.
The helicopter was leaving the scene of a road accident in which two tourists were killed. The helicopter was taking the third tourist to hospital when it crashed, SABC reported.
The report did not state the nationalities of the tourists.
- SAPA