By Connor Boyd For Dailymail.com
Published: 15:50 BST, 5 April 2019 | Updated: 15:50 BST, 5 April 2019
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A father has been killed in front of his son after a helicopter fell out of the sky and crashed on a busy Florida highway.
Passenger Deodat Gangapersaud, 72, died when one of the helicopter's rotor blades came flying off the aircraft and penetrated his son Ryan Persaud's truck.
The 35-year-old was driving the Chevrolet Silverado with his father in the passenger seat when the blade struck their vehicle in Palm River at around 2.30pm Thursday.
A father has been killed after this Robinson R-44 helicopter crashed on a busy motorway in Florida
Passenger Deodat Gangapersaud, 72, died when one of the helicopter's rotor blades came flying off the aircraft and penetrated his son Ryan Persaud's truck
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revealed the helicopter encountered mechanical problems four days before the crash.
Bryan Messick, 39, the pilot of the Robinson R4A helicopter landed safely at Geraci Airpark in Lutz at 10.50am on Sunday, March 31, after reporting a
