Three people have been left badly injured after a hot air balloon crashed in Indiana.
The hot air balloon had been traveling with a pilot and two passengers in Lowell, Indiana, on Sunday, June 2, when it struck power lines and crashed in a field east of the town before 7:00 p.m., the Lowell Fire Department said in a news release.
According to officials, the aircraft was discovered with “evidence on the passenger basket that electrical current passed from the power lines to the basket,” causing “severe” burn injuries to the passengers.
“The hot air balloon was found in the 19000 block of Mississippi street … in a field. The balloon envelope and basket were still attached to each other and three people were found inside the basket,” the fire department said.
Due to the severe extent of the burn injuries, officials said, two medical helicopters were…
