One person in car among those dead after air ambulance crash in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — One person in a car was among several killed when an air ambulance carrying six crashed Friday night near a mall in northeast Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA — One person in a car was among several killed when an air ambulance carrying six crashed Friday night near a mall in northeast Philadelphia.
The six people on the plane were identified as Capt. Alan Alejandro Montoya Perales, co-pilot Josue de Jesus Juarez Juarez, Dr. Raul Meza Arredondo, paramedic Rodrigo Lopez Padilla, patient Valentina Guzman Murillo and her mother, Lizeth Murillo Ozuna.
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance said it was unlikely anyone on board survived. Further details about the victims were not immediately released.
Mayor Cherelle Parker said the number of injured victims on the ground, where several "dwellings and vehicles" were impacted, climbed to 19.
"We can confirm that there are also a number of other victims who were injured in this incident, and they are being treated in area hospitals," Parker said at a news conference Saturday morning.
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