Multiple law enforcement agencies responded Monday night to a helicopter crash near the New Hanover / Pender county line.

A Novant Health helicopter crashed Monday in eastern North Carolina, officials confirmed Monday night.The medical helicopter crash happened on Monday, Feb. 24, near Sidbury Road in New Hanover County.

The Eurocopter EC-135 helicopter crashed near Wilmington International Airport around 7:50 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The helicopter had left Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington to return to its base at Albert J. Ellis Airport in the Richlands area of Onslow County, Novant Health said.