Governor orders flags at half-staff today in honor of medical helicopter crew killed in crash

Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset Saturday, Oct. 12, in honor of a medical helicopter crew killed Oct. 7 in a crash in Owenton.

An Air Evac Lifeteam crew consisting of

• Pilot Gale “Butch” Alleman Jr., 66, for whom services will be held in his home stae of Michigan at a later date.

• Flight nurse Bethany Aicken, 40, for whos a memorial service takes place today at Hardy Funeral Home in Louisvile; and

• Flight paramedic James Welsh, 29, for whom a funeral service is scheduled today at Immanuel Baptist Church in Cold Springs.

The flight team was on the way to pick up a patient when, according to an initial investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration, their helicopter struck a guy wire and crashed.

All three members of the crew, based out of Grant County, died in the accident.

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