Two injured, third person believed dead after helicopter crash near Key Biscayne

Two people were injured and a third person was believed to have died after a small helicopter crashed into the water near Nixon Beach, off Crandon Boulevard southwest of Key Biscayne, according to reporting consolidated from WPEC and cross-checked with related outlets. The incident location is described as the water near the 1200 block of Crandon Boulevard, with responders first locating the wreckage area in the water shortly after 11:50 a.m. on Wednesday.

Emergency responders, including a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue boat, located the wreckage area and the helicopter’s yellow flotation devices in the water, which helped identify the aircraft involved. Video from the scene showed a yellow tarp covering the person believed to have died, while paramedics prepared the two survivors for transport to a nearby hospital. The two survivors’ medical conditions were not publicly released at the time of the initial reports.

The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office took over handling the investigation into the crash, with authorities not yet releasing a determination on the cause at the time of the initial reporting. The material indicates that the investigation was ongoing and that further updates were expected as information became available.

Across the reporting, the crash is described as involving a single-engine or small helicopter, with no specific model, operator, or registration identified in the supplied material. The crash is described as occurring in the water near Nixon Beach, southwest of Key Biscayne, with the scene located in the Crandon Boulevard corridor near the 1200 block, as observed by responders and captured in footage.

Additional corroboration from WPEC notes that the crash happened around 11:30 a.m., with responders quickly locating the wreckage and floats in the water and with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue present on scene. WPTV’s footage reportedly showed a boat at the scene, and responders recovered the helicopter’s yellow floats, consistent with a water landing.

Reporting from Facebook summarized the event as a three-person helicopter crash into Biscayne Bay, resulting in one confirmed fatality and two injuries, citing officials. This summary aligns with the core facts reported by WPEC, including the location near Nixon Beach and the 1200 block of Crandon Boulevard, and the retrieval of the yellow floats by responders.

WSVN’s account echoes the determination that two people were injured and a third person was believed dead, with responders continuing rescue and recovery operations in the Key Biscayne area. WSVN also reiterates that investigators were assessing the situation and that updates would follow as new information emerged, without providing new factual details beyond those already reported.

Overall, the material consistently identifies three occupants, a water crash near Nixon Beach, the involvement of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office-led investigation, the recovery of the helicopter’s yellow floats, and the transport of two survivors to a hospital, while awaiting further information on the cause and the condition of the injured and deceased. No part of the supplied material confirms the aircraft model, operator, registration, precise crash time beyond the vicinity of 11:30 to 11:50 a.m., or any additional medical updates beyond the two survivors being prepared for transport.