Bahamas helicopter crash kills American

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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 @NBCNewsUSThe 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 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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