St. Paul Pioneer Press, MN - A plane crashed near the Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport today, and CBS News is reporting that Sen. Paul Wellstone was killed in the crash.
According to CNN, the Transportation Department reports that the plane was one used by Sen. Paul Wellstone's campaign. According to CBS, Wellstone was killed.
A recorded media message from the FAA says a plane en route from St. Paul to Eveleth crashed in a heavily wooded area near Eveleth, Minn. The fate of the eight people on board is unknown.
The last contact with the plane was at 10:20 a.m., the message says. A worker at Duluth Airport said air-traffic controllers lost contact with the plane, then received a 911 notification. A while later, he said, the crash was confirmed. He did not give his name.