A medical transport airplane crashed within the western US state of Nevada, killing all 5 on board, its operator stated Saturday.
The airplane went off radar Friday evening outdoors the arid city of Stagecoach, close to Nevada’s border with California, REMSA Health stated in an announcement.
“We are heartbroken to report that we have now received confirmation from Central Lyon County Fire Department that none of the five people on board survived,” the assertion stated.
In addition to the pilot, the airplane was carrying a nurse, a paramedic, a affected person and a affected person’s member of the family, REMSA Health famous.
While the circumstances across the crash have but to be confirmed, it occurred as a significant winter storm pummels the US west coast, delivering ft of snow within the excessive mountains and even blanketing normally heat areas in southern California.
Almost 100,000 prospects in California have been with out energy Saturday night, based on the PowerOutage.us tracker.
Major roads have been additionally closed as ice and snow made them impassable, together with sections of Interstate 5, the principle north-south freeway that connects Mexico, California, the Pacific Northwest and Canada. —Agence France-Presse
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