Helicopter Crash Near Miami Results in One Fatality
Female passenger survives the crash; identities of the victims not yet disclosed.
- A Hughes 369 helicopter carrying two people from Fort Myers crashed into a canal about three miles west of Miami Executive Airport.
- Emergency workers rescued both passengers from the wreckage, but the male passenger later died from his injuries.
- The female passenger is expected to survive.
- The identities of the victims and their relationship to each other have not been disclosed.
- The Federal Aviation Administration and the Miami-Dade Police Department Homicide bureau are both conducting investigations into the crash.