One Dead, Another Injured, After Helicopter Crashes Near Miami

MIAMI (NEWSnet/AP) — Emergency workers pulled two people, one of whom later died, from a canal after a helicopter crashed Wednesday in South Florida.

The helicopter, a Hughes 369 aircraft, was carrying two people from Fort Myers when it crashed into the canal about 3 miles west of Miami Executive Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.

Aerial video footage showed divers from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue searching the canal. The two people were sent to local hospitals in Miami, CBS News Miami reported.

“Unfortunately, the male succumbed to his injuries. The female is expected to survive,” Miami-Dade Police Department Detective Alvaro Zabaleta told WSVN-TV.

Officials did not name the victims or say how they knew each other.

Those involved in the investigation are the FAA, the National Transportation Safety Board, and the Miami-Dade Police Department Homicide bureau.

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