UPDATE: University of Wisconsin Hospital spokespeople are confirming that 3 people have died when the UW Med Flight crashed near La Crosse

Med Flight left Madison around 8:30pm Saturday night to transport a patient to a La Crosse hospital. After dropping the patient off the helicopter left around 10:30.

There was no other radio communication from the crew. The last message was a software signal sending confirmation that the aircraft took off.

A crash site was found around 8:45 this morning about 4 to 5 miles away from the area airport.

The second Med Flight unit has been taken out of service due to protocol. Other flight programs in the state will be referred to calls, or ground services will be used.