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FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — At least two people have been hospitalized after police said an airplane and helicopter collided in midair at the Frederick Municipal Airport in Maryland.
Frederick police Lt. Clark Pennington says the aircraft collided Thursday afternoon, and that Maryland State Police are handling the case.
The trauma center at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown received two patients from the airport collision. A hospital spokeswoman said in an email that the patients’ conditions are currently undetermined.
Aerial footage from WJZ-TV in Baltimore showed an airplane that had crashed into a stand of trees.
The airport opened in 1948. It has two runways.
Nurse Nina Pham arrived at the airport last week from Dallas on her way to treatment for Ebola at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Let’s see what WTOP has on this
Three dead.
FAA has released the following statement:
According to preliminary information, a Cirrus SR 22 aircraft and an R44 helicopter collided in mid-air near the southwest corner of Frederick Municipal Airport in Maryland at about 3:40 p.m. today. The SR22 was inbound to the airport and the helicopter was involved in a training exercise when the accident occurred. The FAA and the NTSB will investigate. Read more: http://wtop.com/41/3728513/3-dead-after-helicopter-small-plane-collide-mid-air-in-Maryland-#ixzz3H0bU8Iut