Helicopter crash near Miami leaves 1 dead, woman rescued from canal

 A man has died after the helicopter he was carrying and a woman crashed into a canal near Miami, police said.

The two were pulled from the wreckage Wednesday afternoon after multiple 911 calls, WSVN-TV reported.

Miami-Dade Police Department Detective Alvaro Zabaleta told the media outlet, "According to investigators, witnesses were reporting that they saw something resembling a helicopter that was spinning and falling."

"It was flying very low. That's when I initially realized something was happening," said local resident Vivian Alvarez.

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

Aerial footage of the scene showed Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units on the waterway where the helicopter was completely underwater. After an aerial search, divers descended into the water.

Police said the woman came out moments later and told first responders that a man was still in the helicopter.

Divers located the man and pulled him out before taking him to a medical center.

Placeholder "Unfortunately, the male succumbed to his injuries. The female is expected to survive," Zabaleta said.

Authorities did not identify the victims or say how they knew each other. The NTSB will identify the pilot of the plane.

The Federal Aviation Agency said it is launching an investigation and the Miami-Dade Police Department Homicide Bureau is investigating the death.