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A medical helicopter took a hard landing Monday while responding to a rollover accident near Ogden.
"As they were landing, the rear rotor clipped one of the road signs and broke both the rotor and sign," said Ryann Rasmussen, a University Hospital spokeswoman. "It landed fine after that, and nobody was hurt."
The rotor came off the helicopter, which was stuck in the middle of Interstate 84 near mile marker 83, shutting down the highway west of U.S. 89. All of westbound I-84 was shut down for several hours until the helicopter could be moved.
UHP Lt. John Mitchell said it will need to be transported by flatbed semi for repairs.
AirMed was responding to a rollover on I-84 when the rotor struck a metal pole on the side of the road. The craft raised 10 feet in the air and began tipping on its side before the pilot brought it down hard on both skids, Mitchell said.
A man was trapped in his truck after it rolled three times on the westbound lanes of I-84 near 590 West about 12:30 p.m., said UHP Trooper Todd Johnson. The man suffered serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to a hospital.
Initial reports about someone having a heart attack at the scene were unfounded, Mitchell said.