A man’s body was found in Preston on Monday morning while the hot air balloon landed safely at Yarra Bend Park in an incident police are not treating as suspicious.
A man has died in a hot air balloon incident in Melbourne’s north on Monday morning, police have confirmed.
“Emergency services were called to Albert Street where a man’s body was located about 7.30am,” the police said.The balloon landed safely at Yarra Bend Park in Fairfield. “Passengers and the pilot are understandably traumatised by this tragedy and the operator is arranging psychological support and counselling for all affected.
A neighbour told Nine News there was a loud bang at the time of the incident. “I actually only heard the sirens – a lot of them – but my brother heard like a loud bang, almost like ... a large item falling on your house. It wasn’t until we heard all the sirens that we came out,” he said.
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