Drunk Driver Crashes Into Medical Helicopter

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Drunk Driver Crashes Into Medical Helicopter

— Police say a suspected drunk driver crashed his car into a medical helicopter and drove away in Rapid City.

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Police say a suspected drunken driven crashed his car into a medical helicopter and drove away in Rapid City.

Authorities say the helicopter was parked on a pad at Rapid City Regional Hospital when it was struck early Friday morning. A witness told police the driver revved his engine just before hitting the chopper.

The Rapid City Journal says officers later found the man driving a damaged car with deflated tires and placed him under arrest.

Information from: Rapid City Journal, http://www.rapidcityjournal.com

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