BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. — A medical helicopter crashed in a rainy field in western Tennessee early today, killing three crew members on a return trip from delivering a patient.

Tennessee Emergency Management Agency spokesman Jeremy Heidt in Nashville said the flight crashed near Brownsville during a rainstorm.

Heidt said the helicopter had flown a patient from Parsons to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital and was returning to its base in Brownsville when it went down only a few miles from its destination. All those aboard were crew members.