Duke Life Flight crash kills four

Four people were killed Friday when a Duke Life Flight helicopter crashed in northeast North Carolina, according to the State Highway Patrol.

THE CRASH OCCURRED NEAR THE TOWN OF BELVIDERE, SOUTH OF THE PERQUIMANS-GATES COUNTY LINE.NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE.

A Life Flight helicopter crashed in a Burlington neighborhood in October 2000, killing the pilot, who was the only person aboard. In that crash, the pilot instructed the crew to take a patient from Alamance Regional Hospital to Duke University Hospital after seeing a warning light indicating a problem with transmission oil pressure. The crash occurred shortly after takeoff as the helicopter was returning to Durham