A former Canadian cabinet minister, his wife and three of his siblings have died in a plane crash on the way to his father’s funeral.
Jean Lapierre’s twin-engined chartered aircraft was believed to have crashed in bad weather as it came in to land in Quebec.
All seven people on the plane were killed, including two of Lapierre’s brothers and a sister. Two crew members also died.
Photos from the scene showed the crashed plane lying in a snowy field.
The 59-year-old was travelling with his family to the Iles de la Madeleine for the funeral of his 83-year-old father.
Lapierre served as transport minister in Prime Minister Paul Martin’s Liberal government from 2004 to 2006.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted that he was “shaken” by his death.
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