Two people died when their plane in which they were traveling was entangled with electric power lines and fell to the ground in Santa Catarina, north of Mexico.

The victims were businessman Pablo Gonzalez Sada and the captain of the airplane, Jose Martinez Ferrara.

Gonzalez Sada was the CEO of Uniexcel Chemical Solutions and also CEO of Aeroservicios Tecnicos Regiomontanos, a private executive airline company. He was also chairman of Cydsa.

The accident happened around 9:30 local time (1430 GMT) Saturday when the small, double engine private plane, identified as XB-CAM, was entangled with electric lines used to power water wells.

The Civil Protection Office from Santa Catarina County, north of Mexico, said that the accident happened just 1,500 meters away from the entrance of an ecological park, and in an area 100 meters wide where fragments of the plane were scattered.

Rescue workers of the Mexican Red Cross were dispatched to the area of the accident, but they couldn't do much to save the victims.

The area was cordoned by the Mexican Army, elements of the Federal Police and workers of Civil Protection of Santa Catarina County.