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Patient ID'd in fatal medical helicopter crash

Patient ID'd in fatal medical helicopter crash
Patient ID'd in fatal medical helicopter crash
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The Kern County coroner has identified the last person and patient killed in the medical helicopter crash Thursday.

Officials said that 40-year-old Kathryn Ann Brown died at about 9:55 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2015.

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Also killed in the SkyLife crash was 49-year-old pilot Thomas Hampl, 37-year-old paramedic Kyle Juarez and 42-year-old nurse Marco Lopez.

 

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