Brazilian journalist Ricardo Boechat died when a helicopter crashed in San Pablo

Brazilian journalist Ricardo Boechat died Monday in a plane crash in San Pablo when the helicopter in which he was traveling, against a road in the city, made by which the pilot also died.

The plane landed on Rodovia Anhanguera, a major highway in the west of the capital, and virtually destroyed the cabin of a truck that was circulating in the area, according to the images shown on television.

Firefighters reported before confirming the identity of Boechat, the pilot and co-pilot of the helicopter they are dead charred, while the driver of the truck was saved.

Part of the plane was consumed by the flames, while other parts of the vehicle were scattered on the road, one of the ways to get in and out of the largest city in the country.

At least 11 firefighters' vehicles were transferred to the accident site, partially blocked by the authorities.

"This is a very sad moment for Brazilian journalism, he was the greatest journalist in Brazil, for his courage, his way of fighting against corruption and against injustice, one of the great references in the history of Brazilian journalism.", said his colleague José Luis Datena, announcing in tears the news of the journalist's death.

Boechet, with a past in the newspapers O Globo and O State of Sao Pauloamong others, was currently the presenter of Jornal da Band and the train station FM BandNews. He has won the Esso Prize three times, one of the main distinctions of local journalism.

Brazil has a fleet of 1,700 helicopters throughout the country, including 700 in the state of São Paulo. The heavy traffic of helicopters in the state also causes accidents more frequently than in other parts of the country.

On January 1, a pbaderby died of injuries sustained after a helicopter fell on him in the tourist resort of Ubatuba, on the coast of São Paulo. The accident occurred when the pilot of the aircraft, in which two other people slightly injured, landed by force in one of the streets of a neighborhood located to the south d & # 39; Ubatuba.

(With EFE information)