Husband of Alaska politician killed in plane crash was collecting moose meat

Mary Peltola and Eugene Peltola in a temporary office space after results showed her to be the apparent winner in Alaska’s special US House election, in Anchorage in August last year. Photograph: Kerry Tasker/Reuters

Eugene Peltola Jr, the husband of Alaska Democratic congresswoman Mary Peltola, was returning from a remote hunting camp carrying moose meat when the plane he was flying crashed, killing him, authorities said.

Peltola Jr, 57, was the only person aboard the small plane when it crashed late on Tuesday. Two hunters who were at the camp in western Alaska at the time provided medical care, authorities have said.