US: Five dead after hot air balloon hits power line

Updated : Jun 27, 2021 12:47
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Editorji News Desk

A hot air balloon hit a power line and crashed onto a busy street in US' New Mexico on Saturday.

All five people on board died including the parents of a police officer.

Four of them were pronounced dead at the scene, and the fifth person died after being taken to the hospital in critical condition.

The basket fell about 30 metres and caught fire after crashing on a street while the balloon floated off and reached the ground elsewhere, as per the Federal Aviation Administration.

The crash resulted in power being cut off temporarily to more than 13,000 homes in the area.

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