The Miami Dade Police Department Homicide Bureau was conducting *** death investigation that was *** result of *** helicopter crash. According to investigators, the witnesses were stating that they saw what appeared to be *** helicopter that was spinning and falling. It was flying very low because that’s, that’s how initially I realized something was happening. It was flying very low near our property. I have horses and you know, everybody moves around when the aircraft gets too close. Over 10 fire rescue personnel units personnel responded over here with air rescue South to conduct an aerial canvas of the area because of the fact that as you can see, you can clearly not see the helicopter. So they were searching. That’s when they, according to witnesses, there was *** female that came out of the water and that’s when the fire rescue personnel died, went into the water to search for an additional person that perhaps was still inside of the helicopter. They were able to pull out an additional person. *** male, they were both transported via ground by Miami Dade fire rescue to *** local hospital. Unfortunately, the male succumbed to his injuries. The female is expected to survive.
Man dies, woman ‘expected to survive’ after helicopter crashes into canal near Miami
Emergency workers in South Florida on Wednesday rescued two people, including one who later died, from a canal after their helicopter crashed.The helicopter, a Hughes 369 aircraft, was carrying two people from Fort Myers when it crashed into a 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, where one was in serious condition and the other had non-life-threatening injuries, 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 identify the victims or say how they knew each other. The NTSB will identify the pilot of the aircraft.According to investigators, witnesses said they saw what appeared to be a helicopter that was spinning and falling, Zabaleta said.“It was flying very low. That’s how initially I realized something was happening,” local resident Vivian Alvarez said.The federal aviation agency said it was opening an investigation and the Miami-Dade Police Department Homicide bureau is conducting a probe into the death.
Emergency workers in South Florida on Wednesday rescued two people, including one who later died, from a canal after their helicopter crashed.
The helicopter, a Hughes 369 aircraft, was carrying two people from Fort Myers when it crashed into a 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, where one was in serious condition and the other had non-life-threatening injuries, 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 identify the victims or say how they knew each other. The NTSB will identify the pilot of the aircraft.
According to investigators, witnesses said they saw what appeared to be a helicopter that was spinning and falling, Zabaleta said.
“It was flying very low. That’s how initially I realized something was happening,” local resident Vivian Alvarez said.
The federal aviation agency said it was opening an investigation and the Miami-Dade Police Department Homicide bureau is conducting a probe into the death.
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