ER Doctor Killed in Violent Midair Crash With PA State Police Helicopter; Dramatic Video Surfaces
TL;DR
Dr. Paul William Sokoloski, a 57-year-old ER physician with a long emergency-medicine career, was identified as the Cessna 150 pilot killed when his plane collided with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter near Carlisle Airport; PSP pilots were injured and the NTSB is investigating. Disturbing footage circulating online shows the private jet striking the tail of the hovering helicopter, triggering a debris explosion. Sokoloski spent decades in emergency medicine and previously worked with Penn State Health and the PA Air National Guard.
- Pilot killed in crash with Pennsylvania State Police helicopter ID’d as ER doctor as ‘dramatic’ video of collision revealed New York Post
- Trooper hurt in helicopter crash served as fire marshal at Dunmore barracks Scranton Times-Tribune
- 'A Coal Region success': Dr. Sokoloski, '87 graduate of SAHS, killed when plane collides with PSP helicopter at Carlisle Airport The News-Item
- NTSB investigators reveal new details in deadly Carlisle Airport crash WFMZ.com
- Penn State Doctor Dies After Midair Plane Crash With Police Helicopter The New York Times
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