LEDGEVIEW, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials say the pilot of a small plane was killed and the driver of a pickup truck was critically injured Thursday afternoon, in a collision near a private airfield in eastern Wisconsin. The pilot – identified as John Fiddelke, of De Pere, WI., and who died at the scene – is the brother of Atlantic Photographer Fred Fiddelke, who is also a part-time announcer here at KJAN.

Authorities say the fixed-wing, single-engine plane was coming in for a landing in Ledgeview at around 4:50-p.m., Thursday, when it struck the pickup, which was traveling west on a Brown County highway. The driver of the pickup, Patrick Schounard, who is from Greenleaf, WI., was rushed to the hospital, where he was being treated for serious injuries. The Brown County Sheriff’s Office sent its crash reconstruction unit to the scene near Green Bay. Federal aviation officials are also investigating.