BRAINERD, MINN. – A nurse and a pilot are dead and a crew member injured after a medical helicopter crash at the Brainerd airport.
North Memorial Health says no patients were on board when the crash happened at about 1 a.m. Friday.
The injured crew member was taken to St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd. The crew member’s condition was not given.
North Memorial Health says the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have been notified.





