Seven people, including a person in a car, were killed when an air ambulance carrying six crashed Friday night near a mall in northeast Philadelphia.
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PHILADELPHIA — Seven people, including a person in a car, were killed when an air ambulance carrying six crashed Friday night near a mall in northeast Philadelphia.
The six people on the plane were identified as Capt. Alan Alejandro Montoya Perales, co-pilot Josue de Jesus Juarez Juarez, Dr. Raul Meza Arredondo, paramedic Rodrigo Lopez Padilla, patient Valentina Guzman Murillo and her mother, Lizeth Murillo Ozuna.
JetRescueAirAmbulancesaiditwasunlikelyanyoneonboardsurvived.
MayorCherelleParkersaidatanewsbriefingMondaythatthenumberofinjuredvictimsontheground,whereseveraldwellingsandvehicleswereaffected,climbedto24.
Fourofthemremainhospitalized,twoincriticalcondition,Parkersaid.Noadditionalinformationabouttheirinjurieswasshared.
“Wehavenot,outofrespectfortheirfamiliesandtheirlovedones,sharedthenamesofanyofthosewhohavebeenimpacted,”ParkersaidSunday.
Gov.JoshShapirotookamomentMondaytocommendthecommunityforcomingtog