The Sikorsky S-76C, carrying a pilot, co-pilot and seven workers bound for a Shell Oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, crashed about 2:10 p.m. Sunday in a marshy area of western Terrebonne Parish near Bayou Penchant, authorities said.

Boudreaux, who lived with his mother in Ama, was one of five men working for New Iberia-based Dynamic Industries who were headed to the platform aboard the helicopter. Three of his co-workers, Ezequiel Cantu, 35, Andrew Moricio, 30, both of Morgan City and Randy Tarpley, 53, of Jonesville, died in the crash.

Two other passengers killed, Jorey Rivero, 35, of Bridge City and Charles W. Nelson, 24, of Pensacola, Fla., worked for MMR Offshore Services, headquartered in Baton Rouge, officials said.

Pilot Thomas Ballenger, 63, of Eufaula, Ala., and co-pilot Vyral Martin, 46, of Hurst, Texas, were also killed.