Passenger electrocuted after hot air balloon crashes into power cables

The pilot did not see the second set of power cables

Two hot air balloon passengers were injured after the craft struck a series of power cables and caught fire.

The crash brought down the overhead electric wires and made the balloon’s basket electrically live.

One flyer received an electric shock because he was still touching the basket structure when he stepped on the ground as he was trying to evacuate.

Another passenger suffered an ankle injury in the crash in Essex on April 10 last year...