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Apr 14, 2007 9:11 pm US/Pacific

Hot-Air Balloon Crashes Into Power Line, Kills 1

INDIO, Calif. (AP) ― A hot-air balloon ran into a power line Friday in unincorporated Riverside, killing one person and injuring two others.

Riverside County Fire Department spokesman Patrick Chandler says about a half hour after the balloon left from Indio with six people the winds shifted. The balloon crashed into a power line in Mecca.

Chandler says that three of the passengers were taken to a local hospital, where one was pronounced dead.

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