Four die in North Carolina medical helicopter crash: reports

The North Carolina Highway Patrol confirmed in a post on Twitter that there were deaths in a Life Flight helicopter crash in the eastern part of the state, referring further inquiries to the local sheriff's office.A spokeswoman for the Perquimans County Sheriff's Office, which has jurisdiction over the area, said that only the sheriff himself would disclose information and that he was unavailable.The North Carolina News and Observer newspaper reported that the helicopter crashed near the communi