One person in car among those dead after air ambulance crash in Philadelphia

One person in a car was among several killed when an air ambulance carrying six crashed Friday night near a mall in northeast Philadelphia. Jet Rescue Air Ambulance said it was unlikely anyone on board survived. The travelers were the pilot, a copilot, the patient, the patient’s mother, a paramedic and a physician. Details about the victims were not immediately released. Mayor Cherelle Parker said the number of injured victims on the ground, where several “dwellings and vehicles” were impacted, climbed to 19. “We can confirm that there are also a number of other victims who were injured in this incident, and they are being treated in area hospitals,” Parker said at a news conference Saturday morning. The air ambulance was traveling from Northeast Philadelphia Airport to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri when it crashed around 6:30 p.m. near the Roosevelt Mall.<br/>