Pablo Santos, 19; Actor Had Role on WB’s ‘Greetings From Tucson’

Pablo Santos, 19, an actor who starred in the TV series “Greetings From Tucson,” died Friday in a small-plane crash in central Mexico.

Santos and six friends were flying from Monterrey to Acapulco when their Piper Malibu crashed during an emergency landing at the airport in Toluca, about 35 miles west of Mexico City, the Mexico State Security Agency said. The plane was owned by Santos’ father.

The crash also claimed the life of Santos’ friend, Martel Fernandez, 19, who died early Saturday at a Toluca hospital.

Five others were hospitalized, said Irma Garcia, a spokeswoman for the Social Security Hospital, where Santos was taken.

In an interview with the newspaper El Norte, survivor Diego Marcos said the plane was only supposed to carry six people, but he and his friends convinced the pilot to take on an extra passenger. Officials were investigating the cause of the crash.

Santos played the son of a Mexican American family in “Greetings From Tucson,” which ran on the WB network from 2002 to 2003.

He also appeared in numerous episodes of other programs, including “Boston Public,” “Law & Order” and “American Family,” as well as in the films “Sea of Dreams” (2005) and “Party Animalz” (2004).

Born in Monterrey, Santos moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was 12.