By NBC News staff and wire servicesNASSAU, Bahamas -- One American was killed and four people were injured when a helicopter crashed near an exclusive resort in the Bahamas on Thursday afternoon, according to local police.
Follow @NBCNewsUS (http://twitter.com/NBCNewsUS)The helicopter went down at Baker's Bay Golf and Ocean Club on Great Guana Cay in the Abacos island chain, according to Superintendent Noel Curry at the Marsh Harbour police station.
The Miami Herald identified one of the survivors (http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/22/3109549/1-dead-3-injured-in-bahamas-helicopter.html) as Jeffrey Soffer, head of the Miami-based Turnberry Associates, a leading property firm. Turnberry owns the famed but financially troubled Fontainebleau resort in Miami Beach as well as condominiums in Las Vegas, the Bahamas and Washington D.C.
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