Los Angeles, Jan. 15 -- Four people were killed and one person was critically injured when a hot air balloon crash-landed in the U.S. desert state of Arizona on Sunday.
According to the Eloy Police Department, the accident occurred at about 7:50 a.m. local time (1550 GMT) in a rural desert area near the city, which is located about 105 km southeast of Phoenix, the capital city of the state.
Local KNXV news channel reported that a total of 13 people, including eight skydivers, four passengers and a pilot, were in the balloon when the tragedy happened.
The skydivers exited the gondola before the crash, and witnesses told officials that the balloon was straight up and down before a hard impact, the report said.
One person was p...