NEWSFLASH: Hot-air balloon crash-lands in Soshanguve
“Once stabilised, the patients were transported by ambulance to a hospital for assessment.”
Two people were injured when a hot-air balloon crash-landed north of Pretoria.
The incident happened near the M44 in Soshanguve around 09:30 on Saturday morning, Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst told Rekord.
“Reports from the scene indicate that the hot-air balloon landed in a veld next to a bus depot off the M44,” he said.
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Herbst said that when paramedics assessed the scene, they found two people who had sustained relatively minor injuries and were in a stable condition.
“Once stabilised, the patients were transported by ambulance to a hospital for assessment,” he said.
It was still unclear what caused the accident.
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An eyewitness to the incident, Pierre Bezuidenhout, said he and a friend, Jan Brouwer, were fishing at Kommandonek in Hartbeespoort when they saw three hot-air balloons take off.
“The wind was really bad at the time,” Bezuidenhout said.
“We could clearly see that two of the balloons would not make it – we regularly fish at Kommandonek and often see the hot-air balloons, so we have an estimated idea of where they are supposed to land.”
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News on the second hot-air balloon was not immediately available.
Bill Harrop’s Original Balloon Safaris confirmed the incident, but could not provide further comment.
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