(File Photo: Source for Photo: (File Photo: Source for Photo: Authorities investigate a crash between a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter and a small plane at the Carlisle airport in Carlisle, Pa. Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (Sean Simmers/The Patriot-News via AP)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Carlisle, PA) An investigation is now underway into a crash that occurred in Carlisle yesterday at around 7 p.m. in which a Cessna 150 airplane and a Pennsylvania State Police Bell 407 helicopter collided in midair.

The pilot of the plane died as a result of this incident.

He has been identified as fifty-seven-year-old Paul Sokoloski of Hershey, and the Cumberland County Coroner’s Office pronounced him dead at the scene.

According to a report from WJAC and Penn State Health’s website, Sokoloski was an emergency medicine physician for Penn State Health.

Authorities believe that Sokoloski was the only person on the plane.

Two Pennsylvania State Police troopers were injured because of this incident, Corp. Bryce Corman and Tpr. Jason Mills.