5 dead after hot air balloon hits power line in US

Five people have died after a hot air balloon hit a power line in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the United States on Saturday.

Five people died after a hot air balloon hit a power line in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the United States on Saturday. The parents of a prison transport officer with the city’s police department along with a male passenger, female passenger and the pilot are among the deceased. Video of the hot air balloon crash in Albuquerque this morning from Brandon Banes. So far four people are dead and one is critically injured. pic.twitter.com/ZpuCz8qI1y As per the city’s police department, the basket the passengers were in got detached from the hot air balloon and crashed. On Twitter, witnesses described seeing the hot air balloon descend to the ground in a deflated state.