CARBON COUNTY, Pa. —

Two people died in a helicopter crash in the woods near a concert hall in eastern Pennsylvania.

It happened Thursday afternoon in Carbon County, near Penn's Peak concert hall. Advertisement

The coroner said the pilot and an electrical contractor were killed while working on the chopper.

The director of Communications from PPL Electric confirmed to WNEP , PPL hired the contractor company to work on the powerlines as a part of an ongoing construction project.

"I can tell you that this has been going on, from seeing it, this has been going on for a couple of months, can't tell you how long, but, you know, they've been working on the lines,” said Chief Joseph Schatz, Jim Thorpe Police Department.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.

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