Brazil plane crash: Presidential candidate Eduardo Campos killed with family

The Dhaka Times Desk A plane crash occurred in Brazil. And the international media reported that presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was killed along with his family in this accident.

A plane carrying presidential candidate Edoardo Campos and his family crashed in the southeastern Brazilian city of Santos, media reported. He and his family were killed. Reuters has given this news with reference to local television Globo News.

A spokesman for Brazil's Socialist Party, the 49-year-old's political party, told Reuters that the plane (a Cessna 560XL) that crashed had 10 people on board, including his wife Renata and son Miguel. All the passengers have died, local media reported, quoting firefighters.

Notably, Campos was the former governor of Pernambuco province, a city in northeastern Brazil. In a recent election survey, he also got the support of 10 percent of the voters. Campos identified himself as a pro-business leftist.