Last patient on Med Flight that crashed in La Crosse has died

MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ A coroner says the patient transported by a Med Flight helicopter that later crashed died after arriving at a hospital in La Crosse.

Crawford County Coroner Joe Morovitz says the elderly woman died early Sunday after suffering bleeding in her brain.
He says the woman had been transferred from a hospital in Prairie Du Chien to Gundersen Lutheran in La Crosse by the UW Hospital Med Flight helicopter.

The helicopter crashed on the way home to Madison after dropping the woman off in La Crosse. A surgeon, nurse and pilot on board were killed.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the accident.

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