Flight Paramedic James Welsh

Last Mission: Mon, Oct 7th, 2024

Date of Incident: Mon, Oct 7th, 2024

Cause of Death: Aircraft Accident

Service Time: 2 years

Age: 29

Incident

Air Evac 133 (based in Williamsburg, Kentucky) crashed as they prepared to land to pick-up a patient in Owenton, Kentucky. The crash occurred just before 6:00 p.m. near a landing zone often used by local EMS units to transfer patients to air medical for long distance urgent transport. The site was just off of Kentucky Highway 22 south of Owen County High School.

Flight Paramedic Welsh perished in the crash along with EMS Pilot Gale "Butch" Alleman and Flight Nurse Bethany Aicken.