Switzerland: One American killed and four others injured in hot air balloon crash

Posted on August 6, 2013 • Filed under: Switzerland, Tourist Killed, Tourists Injured

According to courant.com, a 55-year-old American man was killed and his wife and daughters were injured on Tuesday in a ballooning accident near the Swiss resort of Gstaad, Swiss police said in a statement. The hot-air balloon in which they were travelling fell about 50 m (164 feet) after hitting power lines as it came in to land, the police statement said. Read article

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