Four people killed and one injured in Arizona hot air balloon crash

Pilot among those killed in crash in remote section of desert after unspecified problem with balloon’s envelope, officials say

Four people died and a fifth was critically hurt after a hot air balloon crashed early on Sunday morning in a remote section of Arizona desert.

Micah Powell, mayor of the Pinal county town of Eloy near the crash site, said 13 people – eight skydivers, four passengers and a pilot – had been in the basket of the balloon. The skydivers had already jumped when the accident occurred.