Early Sunday morning, a rescue helicopter from Air Evac EMS crashed in thick woods during the search for hunter who had disappeared after dark in the Freedom Hills Wildlife Management Area, a 31,572-acre state hunting preserve. All three people on board, the pilot, a nurse, and an unidentified third crew member, were killed. According to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman, the helicopter crew had spotted the hunter and the crash occurred as the aircraft was hovering over his location. The hunter was recovered and was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation.