Seven people, including two minors, have been taken to hospital after a hot air balloon crashed in Lithuania’s western district of Šilutė on Sunday evening.
According to the police, a hot air balloon, operated by a woman born in 1986, became uncontrollable due to a change in wind direction and crashed into buildings in a village in Šilutė district at 20:30 on Sunday.
All the passengers, including two men, two women, a boy, and a girl, as well as the pilot, were injured and taken to hospitals in Klaipėda and Šilutė.
Two patients injured in the hot air balloon crash are being treated in the Intensive Care Unit of the Klaipėda University Hospital, according to its spokesperson Jolanta Juškevičienė.
According to the medics, the patients‘ conditions are stable.
The hot air balloon pilots interviewed by LRT.lt said that the woman who piloted the balloon is well-known in the community, professional, and experienced, and she often takes part in various hot air balloon competitions.
A pre-trial investigation into the infliction of minor injuries has been launched.
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