Two UMMC employees and the pilot died in the crash: Dustin Pope, a flight nurse and the base supervisor for AirCare in Columbus; Jakob Kindt, a critical care paramedic from Tupel; and Cal Wesolowski of Starkville, a pilot with Med-Trans, which leases helicopters to UMMC.

A pilot and two crew members were aboard the helicopter, which was not carrying any patients when it plunged into the woods outside Jackson, Miss.

Jakob Kindt, a critical care paramedic, Dustin Pope, base supervisor and flight nurse, and Med-Trans pilot Cal Wesolowski died in the crash.

A motorcade escorted the bodies of the three medical helicopter crash victims on Tuesday, March 11. The bodies were transported from the Madison County

Three crew members aboard an AirCare helicopter from the University of Mississippi Medical Center died in a crash in remote Madison County Monday afternoon.

A medical helicopter crash in Madison County, Miss., on Monday, March 10, has claimed the lives of all three people on board. The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) identified the deceased as Dustin Pope, 35, of Philadelphia, Miss.; Jakob Kindt, 37, of Tupelo, Miss.; and Cal Wesolowski, 62, of Starkville, Miss., on Tuesday, March 11.

NTSB investigates fatal helicopter crash in Mississippi

Officials in Mississippi say three people are dead after a medical helicopter crashed in Madison County. A University of Mississippi Medical Center representative identified the three victims as Calvin Wesolowski of Starkville,