Authorities confirmed there were three fatalities after a medical helicopter crashed near the Natchez Trace in Madison County.

Members of the National Transportation Safety Board arrived in Madison County on Tuesday and have begun an investigation into a medical helicopter crash that killed three people.

Three people have died after a medical helicopter crashed near the Natchez Trace in Madison County. According to Heath Hall, a spokesman for the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, the helicopter crashed in a heavily wooded area south of the Natchez Trace Parkway and north of Pipeline Road on Monday,

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