Brazilian singer Marília Mendonça dies in a plane crash. I was 26 years old

(CNN) – Marília Mendonça, a popular Brazilian sertaneja music singer, died on Friday afternoon in a plane crash in a rural region of the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, according to her public relations firm.

The firm also said that four other people died in the accident, the causes of which are still being investigated by police and firefighters at the scene of the accident.

Mendonça, 26, is survived by her one-year-old son, according to CNN Brazil.