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.

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

Officials with the University of Medical Center have identified victims killed in Monday afternoon's medical helicopter crash.

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.

A medical transport helicopter crashed Monday in Mississippi, while carrying two hospital workers and a pilot, officials said.

Two of the three crew members of the University of Mississippi Medical Center helicopter that crashed Monday near the Natchez Trace north of Jackson were from Northeast Mississippi.