ST. LOUIS -- A helicopter has been repaired after a bird struck and cracked its windshield while the chopper was transporting a child to St. Louis Children's Hospital.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the helicopter landed safely about 12:30 a.m. Sunday. No one was hurt.
The helicopter took off from Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri. The bird strike occurred as it was landing at the hospital.
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