Sebastián Piñera, former president of Chile, dies in helicopter accident

Sebastián Piñera, a two-time former president of Chile, died Tuesday in a helicopter accident. He was 74.

Chile Interior Minister Carolina Tohá confirmed the death of the former president. No further details were immediately released about the cause of the accident.

Piñera was among four passengers in the aircraft, and the others are "out of danger," Tohá said in televised remarks Tuesday afternoon.