Unusual disaster in the north:
A man in his 20s was killed today (Tuesday) after he apparently fell from a height of tens of meters from a hot air balloon on Route 60, near Balfouria.
A man in his 20s killed after falling from a hot air balloon on Route 60, Photo: MDA operational documentation
The man killed is one of the crew members operating the ball.
Preliminary investigation indicates that the worker had to hold the ball in the handles, while releasing the ropes and then let go, but for some unknown reason he did not leave.
The ball owners noticed that it hung from the outside immediately at takeoff, but the ball picked up speed and rose to a height quickly.
There was an attempt to make a landing on the other side of the road while trying to put it in a ball or catch it, but it slipped and fell on the road.
The worker hangs on the balloon,
MDA paramedic Maor Etadegi said: “When we arrived at the scene, we saw an unconscious man in the middle of the road with a very severe multi-systemic injury, he was out of breath and without a pulse, we performed medical tests and we had no choice but to determine his death.
At a distance of about 150 meters, we saw a vehicle on the side of the road with an injury, the occupants of the vehicle did not need treatment. "
