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CareFlight Could be Compromised...


...if industrial turbines are built. CareFlight must land on roadways in a variety of conditions, and what will happen to certain areas around Urbana (in terms of whether or not CareFlight can land) is one of the uncertainties around installing multiple 492-ft industrial wind turbines.

Care Flight arrives at an accident south of Urbana on November 18, 2009.
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