Brazil plane crash kills family of ten

Ten members of a family died early Sunday when a small plane crashed into a commercial district in the city of Gramado in southern Brazil, civil defense authorities said.

At least 17 people were injured on the ground, two of them seriously, while several others were treated for smoke inhalation.

The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from the nearby city of Canela, striking a chimney and a house before falling onto a furniture store, the Rio Grande do Sul state security secretariat stated.