Austin, Texas/Travis County
STAR Flight crew member loses life during rescue
On April 27, STAR Flight was conducting a rescue of a woman who had fallen in
the Barton Creek Greenbelt near the 2600 block of Barton Hills Drive around 8:25
p.m.
At approximately 9:50 p.m., STAR Flight, flying in an EC-145 helicopter, located
the woman and was hoisting her into the aircraft when STAR Flight Flight Nurse
Kristin McLain, 46, fell from the helicopter’s hoist. Flight Nurse McLain died at the
scene.
The rescued patient was transported to University Medical Center-Brackenridge
with non-life threatening injuries.
Media contact: Emergency Services (STAR Flight) Public Information Officer Lisa
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