A couple who are senior corporate executives at Siemens have died along with their three children in an helicopter crash.
Report says the corporate titans, Agustín Escobar and his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal died with their three children, whose ages were four, five and 11. The pilot of the helicopter also died in the accident.
The passengers died in a helicopter crash at Hudson River in New York while sightseeing.
Siemens has sent its condolences, saying: “We are deeply saddened by the tragic helicopter crash in which Agustín Escobar and his family died.”
Medical examiners move bodies of the victims after a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River near lower Manhattan, on April 10, 2025
The family lived in Barcelona before their death in the United States.
Although the family were based in the Catalan city of Barcelona, Mr Escobar was originally from the industrial town of Puertollano in southern Spain.
He had recently taken up the post of CEO of rail infrastructure at Siemens Mobility, following a two-year stint as president and CEO of the German technology firm in Spain.
Mrs. Camprubí Montal, a Barcelona native, also held a senior post at Siemens. She had been a global commercialisation manager with the company for just over three years at the time of her death.
Mrs. Montal came from an influential family in the city known for textile manufacturing as well as its association with FC Barcelona, one of the biggest teams in world football.
Her great-grandfather, Agustí Montal Galobart, was president of the football club in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Her grandfather, Agustí Montal Costa, was also president, a tenure fondly remembered by fans for the arrival of the legendary Dutch player Johann Cruyff at the club in 1973.
Last year, Mrs Camprubí Montal’s brother, Joan, emerged as a contender to compete for the presidency of FC Barcelona, although in recent weeks his candidacy has faded.
The careers of Mr. Escobar and Mrs Camprubí Montal saw them travel extensively.
Recent posts by Mr Escobar on LinkedIn detail trips to the UK and India, and he described himself as being “passionate” about developing high-performing teams to “positively transform people and organisations”.
A 27-year career at Siemens had taken him to postings in Latin America and the United States.
Mrs. Camprubí Montal on her part, had been working at Siemens for 16 years, also with postings in the United States and Latin America, before moving to the company’s energy arm in 2018.
The death came as a devastating news to many, and several condolence messages have been posted online.
