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Medical Helicopter Crash-Lands at Lawton

 

A medical helicopter with four people on board has crash landed outside a hospital in Comanche County.

Lawton police say the helicopter lost power around 6 a.m. Thursday while landing at Comanche County Memorial Hospital. Hospital officials say the helicopter's pilot managed to safely land it along a nearby roadway.

Authorities say all four people on board were crew members and that none was seriously hurt.

Officials say the helicopter was operated by Mesa, Arizona-based Survival Flight, which began operating at the Comanche County hospital this week. Officials at Survival Flight did not immediately respond to requests by The Associated Press for comment.

The cause of the crash landing is under investigation. A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, Lynn Lunsford, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.