The two men who died in a plane crash Friday near Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport have been identified.
The plane's two occupants .. 19-year-old Jacob Kiser of Grottoes and 32-year-old Jason Long of Edinburg were killed when the single-engine plane they were in collided with a medical transport helicopter.
Both men died at the scene.
The helicopter was able to land in a field and the three people on board were not hurt.
The National Transportation Safety Board is on scene, investigating the incident.
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Investigators are on the scene of an aircraft collision near the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport in Augusta County.
Two people have died as a result of the crash, which happened near the 800 block of Weyers Cave Road.
The medical helicopter involved is Aircare 5 Medivac, a private service that provides emergency medical transport to the Shenandoah Valley and eastern West Virginia.
The two who died were passengers on the small plane, a Cessna 172 according to Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters.
Peters said the helicopter was damaged but landed safely with two crew members and a patient aboard. All were able to walk away from the crash.
No one on the ground was injured.
