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The helicopter reported an in-air emergency Tuesday afternoon and landed in an empty field.
MORGAN COUNTY, Colorado — A Med Evac helicopter made an emergency landing Tuesday afternoon after an in-air emergency.
The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office received a mayday distress call from the helicopter and their intent to land in a field near the 17000 block of County Road T5 in Morgan County. Deputies responded to the scene and found the helicopter in the field.
They contacted the pilot and staff onbord the helicopter and learned that the aircraft’s windshild had been damaged after a bird strike, according to the sheriff’s office. The pilot had minor injuries and nobody else onboard was injured, the sheriff’s office said in a post on Facebook.
The pilot and two nurses were the only ones aboard the helicopter when the incident happened.
Fort Morgan Fire, Morgan County Ambulance and Fort Morgan Police all assisted with the call, the sheriff’s office said.
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