A man is dead following a helicopter crash that took place in Pittsylvania County on Saturday, Virginia State Police said.

Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal helicopter crash that happened Saturday afternoon in the 2000 block of Campview Road in Pittsylvania County.

Virginia State Police says the pilot is dead after a helicopter crash in Pittsylvania County. Reports that the helicopter came down in the 2000 block of Campview Road came in around 3 p.m., according to VSP.

A pilot and two crew members were aboard the helicopter, which was not carrying any patients when it plunged into the woods outside Jackson, Miss.

A medical transport helicopter crashed Monday in Mississippi, while carrying two hospital workers and a pilot, officials said.

California inmate Scott Peterson was injured at Mule Creek State Prison on Sunday, state officials said. The convicted murderer was involved in an "incident with another person" and suffered "minor injuries" March 9, a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesperson told NewsNation affiliate KRON.

A medical helicopter crash in Madison County, Miss., on Monday, March 10, has claimed the lives of all three people on board. The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) identified the deceased as Dustin Pope, 35, of Philadelphia, Miss.; Jakob Kindt, 37, of Tupelo, Miss.; and Cal Wesolowski, 62, of Starkville, Miss., on Tuesday, March 11.