An Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter crashed in Owenton, Kentucky, while on the way to pick up a patient killing all three crew.

Three crew members aboard a private medical helicopter died in a crash Monday night while flying over northern Kentucky en route to pick up and transport a patient, officials said. The crash occurred before 6 p.

Three members of a medical helicopter team died Monday in an accident in Kentucky, the company that runs the service confirmed in a statement.