Hot Air Balloon Goes Down in Colorado, Several People Injured

Hot Air Balloon Goes Down in Colorado, Several People Injured
A hot-air-balloon prepares to take off for the launch of the France Ballooning Championship in Mirebeau, France, on Aug. 10, 2016. Guillaume Souvant/AFP/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A hot air balloon made a “hard landing” on Aug. 3 in Park County, Colorado, injuring several people, and one person is in critical condition, said local police officials. Several media outlets described it as a crash.

“It was described as a hard landing,” Dave Wohlers, a spokesman at the Park County Sheriff’s Office, told the Canon City Daily Record. “That’s typically not a good thing.”
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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