Hard landing injures balloon passenger

HOT AIR BALLOON THEY WERE RIDING IN MAKES A HARD LANDING LATE THIS MORNING. KAYLA ANDERSON JO...  More »

HOT AIR BALLOON THEY WERE RIDING IN MAKES A HARD LANDING LATE THIS MORNING. KAYLA ANDERSON JOINS US LIVE NEAR THE CRASH SITE IN RIO RANCHO WITH OUR TOP STORY. MARLA, THE CRASH HAPPENED IN SOME RUGGED TERRAIN IN THE HILLS BEHIND ME HERE NEAR IRIS AND PASEO DEL VULCAN. BECAUSE OF THE TERRAIN, RESCUE CREWS WEREN'T EVEN ABLE TO GET THEIR AMBULANCE TO THE CRASH SITE. JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO FROM CHOPPER FOUR. POLICE SAY THE BALLOON WAS APPARENTLY IN TACT WHEN, FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, IT MADE THE HARD LANDING AROUND 9- 30 THIS MORNING. THREE PEOPLE WERE ONBOARD... INCLUDING A PILOT AND A MAN AND WOMAN BOTH IN THEIR EIGHTIES. THE TWO ELDERY PASSENGERS WERE BOTH HURT. RESCUE CREWS SAY THE WOMAN WAS ABLE TO BE TAKEN OUT VIA AMBULANCE. BUT THEY HAD TO CALL IN LIFE FLIGHT TO TRANSPORT THE MALE. The gentleman who was helicoptered to University hospital, it was just a serious enough injury that we don't want to risk trying to prolong any kind of time getting him out of the balloon and to the hospital. RESCUE CREWS WEREN'T ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE PILOT. SO, AT THIS POINT, IT'S STILL UNKNOWN IF THE BALLOON WAS ACTUALLY REGISTERED WITH ALBUQUERQUE'S BALLOON FIESTA. THERE'S ALSO NO UPDATED WORD YET ON THE CONDITION OF THE TWO PEOPLE WHO GOT HURT OUT HERE. REPORTING LIVE FROM RIO RANCHO, KAYLA ANDERSON, EYEWITNESS NEWS 4  « Less