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Josef Yitzhak of Israel died in the crash, South Brunswick police said.
"We worked with Israeli Consul and Israeli police overnight to notify his family," police said on Twitter.
Police Chief Raymond Hayducka extends his deepest sympathy to the pilot's family.
The pilot's Robinson R22 copter went down in a South Brunswick canal near Princeton at 3:15 p.m., the FAA said.
It happened off of Lakeview Avenue and only the pilot was on board, police said.
According to abc7, the aircraft took off from Princeton Airport and was spotted flying erratically by nearby firefighters, just before it went down. Firefighters and police rushed to the scene and were able to pull the helicopter off of the pilot, who had suffered severe injuries, the outlet said.
Despite life-saving measures, he did not survive.
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating.
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