UPDATED at 5:07 p.m. - The Coffee County Emergency Management Agency have identified the four people who were killed early Saturday morning when a Haynes Life Flight helicopter crashed.

The victims are pilot, Chad Hammond; flight nurse, Stacey Cernadas; flight medic, Jason Snipes; and patient Zach Strickland, WTVY reported.

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UPDATED at 4 p.m. -- The four victims of the helicopter crash were recovered on Saturday afternoon, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Their names will be released pending notification of next of kin.

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Four people were killed when a medical helicopter crashed early Saturday morning in Coffee County, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency confirmed.

A pilot, nurse, medic and patient were believed to be on board the helicopter when it crashed early this morning, James Brown, deputy director for Coffee County Emergency Management Agency, told the Dothan Eagle at the scene.

The aircraft was reported missing at around 12:17 a.m., and is believed to have crashed three minutes after responding to an automobile crash.

The helicopter was discovered at around 7:02 a.m. in an area along Coffee County Road 615 in the Goodman community.

The patient aboard the helicopter had broken a leg and was unconscious. The helicopter was on its way to a Montgomery hospital.

The helicopter is reported to have crashed in a heavily wooded area in the Goodman community of Coffee County, about 10 miles west of Enterprise. This was about a half-mile from the vehicle crash site.

Shortly after midnight, law enforcement again searching for the helicopter using other aircraft, search teams and triangulation through cell phone systems, the Troy Messenger reported.

Recovery efforts could take days, Brown said.

He told reporters that he wouldn't speculate on what caused the crash.

ALEA Capt. Tracy Nelson told reporters that crews from the forestry service are using bulldozers to clear a path to the crash site.

"It's a pretty wet area, and with all this rain moving in, it's going to make things very difficult," he said. "We're trying to utilize each resource possible and trying to make this a better outcome.

Kirk Barrett, chief operations officer for Haynes Life Flight, declined to provide details of the flight and crew members.

"It is a horribly tragic event," he told AL.com. "We are concentrating on the family members right now."

Trooper Kevin Cook told AL.com that an investigator for the Federal Aviation Administration has arrived at the scene.

The National Transportation Safety Board is also at the scene of the crash and investigating.

NTSB investigating today's crash of a Eurocopter AS350 in Goodman, AL. — NTSB (@NTSB) March 26, 2016

The Alabama Red Cross also confirmed the four deaths aboard the helicopter and has personnel at the scene to help first responders.

The Troy Regional Medical Center Family is saddened today by the tragic loss of the Haynes helicopter crew members and... Posted by Troy Regional Medical Center on Saturday, March 26, 2016

At the scene of the aircraft crash in Coffee County. Waiting for more information. Will update ASAP. pic.twitter.com/sZ9w6Gh18i — Justin McNelley (@Justin_WSFA) March 26, 2016