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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 20 November 2018

3 killed when air ambulance crashes in North Dakota

By BLAKE NICHOLSON ment did not provide their Johnson.
Associated Press names. He said he didn’t want to
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — “It is a sad day here for both speculate on the cause.
An air ambulance on its of our organizations,” Kurt The National Transporta-
way to pick up a patient Schley, president of CHI tion Safety Board and the
crashed shortly after tak- St. Alexius Health Bismarck, Federal Aviation Adminis-
ing off in North Dakota, and Dan Schaefer, opera- tration were investigating.
killing all three people on tions chief for Bismarck Air FAA records show that the
board, and military officials Medical and Metro Area Cessna 441 turboprop was
involved in the response Ambulance Operations, built in 1982. Bismarck Air
said the plane may have said. “We are grieving for Medical is listed as the reg-
broken up in midair. the family members of istered owner.
The twin-engine Bismarck those who were on board.” National Weather Service
Air Medical airplane took The Morton County Sheriff’s meteorologist Jeff Schild This Monday, Nov. 19, 2018, photo provided by the Morton
off about 10:30 p.m. Sun- Office, Civil Air Patrol and said there was light snow in County Sheriff’s Office shows the wreckage of a twin-engine
day and crashed shortly af- Air Force Rescue Coordina- the area at the time but no Bismarck Air Medical airplane that crashed late Sunday, Nov.
ter in a field about 20 miles tion Center based at Tyn- hazardous weather. John- 18 about 20 miles northwest of Bismarck, N.D., killing all three
(32 kilometers) northwest of dall Air Force Base in Florida son said there was the po- on board.
Bismarck. Air traffic control located the crash scene tential for fog or haze.q Associated Press
officials lost contact with around early Monday using
the plane about 11 p.m., radar and cellphone tech-
county spokeswoman nology, Herr said.
Maxine Herr said. An analysis by the Air Force
CHI St. Alexius Health and team indicated the plane
Bismarck Air Medical said might have broken up at
in a joint statement that the about 14,000 feet (4,300
pilot, a paramedic and a meters), and “that corre-
registered nurse had been sponded with what they
heading to Williston to pick found on the ground,” said
up a patient. The state- Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Sean

Lawsuit filed against operators

of limo in fatal NY crash

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The also were killed. The lawsuit,
operators of a limousine among the first filed since
that crashed and killed the tragedy, seeks unspeci-
20 people in upstate New fied damages in state court
York were grossly negligent from Prestige limousine ser-
in putting the “dangerous vice owner Shahed Hus-
and defective” vehicle sain and his son Nauman
on the road, according Hussain. Nauman Hussain
to a lawsuit filed Monday has pleaded not guilty to
by one of the victim’s par- a charge of criminally neg-
ents.Amanda Rivenburg, ligent homicide. State po-
29, was among 18 people lice have said Shahed Hus-
in the limousine that bar- sain is in Pakistan.
reled through a stop sign The lawsuit claims that lim-
at the bottom of a hill and ousine operators kept it
crashed into a ravine in on the road after it failed
rural Schoharie, New York inspection for brake prob-
on Oct. 6. Two pedestrians lems and other issues.q