The duck was flying at 700 feet when he/she crashed into the windshield of the helicopter, maybe looking for food? With bouncing in so abruptly 
the bird turned off a few switches just from impact and moving around before it landed on the foot of one of the medical crew. Luckily nobody was seriously hurt and the trauma patient was transported to the hospital after the landing. The pilot had some problems reported with his eye, and perhaps glass from the intruding duck. No word yet on the condition of the duck. BD
GAINESVILLE: Four people were aboard an emergency medical helicopter when a duck shattered the windshield and landed in the cockpit.
Pilot Don Irving's eye was injured in the collision, but he managed to land safely.
Thursday night, the helicopter was returning to Shands Hospital at the University of Florida carrying an unidentified trauma patient, a flight nurse and a flight paramedic.
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