Nurse killed after being struck on the head by rescue helicopter rotor

A 25-year-old nurse has been killed in Morag in Warminsko-Mazurskie voivodship in the north of Poland, after being struck on the head by a helicopter rotor. The helicopter belonged to a medical rescue unit from Olsztyn, and had arrived on the scene to carry a patient to hospital. According to a police statement the nurse was hit by the rotor as she ran toward the helicopter to bring the patient some personal belongings. The force of the blow broke her skull. "The pilot is the one responsible for everyone in the helicopter and the surrounding area. The regulations define that only people with special training should come near the machine," said Olsztyn police superintendent Waldemar Niemczuk. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) A.K