BOYNTON BEACH, FL -- Two people were injured early this morning, including a local traffic reporter, after a helicopter crash in Boynton Beach. The helicopter is leased by West Palm Beach television station WPEC.
Boynton Beach police received calls of a helicopter down at 1000 W. Industrial Avenue at 6:11 a.m., Boynton Beach police spokesperson Stephanie Slater wrote in a press release.
The pilot is identified as Takayuki Tanaka, 51, of Boca Raton. The passenger was WPEC's traffic reporter, Paul Cavenaugh, 55, of Delray Beach. Tanaka and Cavenaugh were transported to the Bethesda Hospital. Their injuries do not appear to be life-threatening, according to Slater.
Slater reports, witnesses told police it sounded like the chopper's engine did not have full power. When officers arrived, the pilot was out of the chopper, the passenger was getting out.
A section of the rear rotor assembly was cutoff at mid-shaft, according to Chopper 5 Captain Julie Stevens, who was over the scene.
The helicopter is a Bell Ranger III. The NTSB is investigating the accident, according to Slater.
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