New York Post
By Chris Nesi
Published Jan. 14, 2024, 6:10 p.m. ET
Four people were killed and one critically injured Sunday in a hot air balloon crash in Arizona, police said.
The tragic incident happened at approximately 7:50 a.m. in a desert area in Eloy, a small town with a population just over 15,000, and some 65 miles northwest of Phoenix known as “the skydiving capital of the world.”
The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration were leading the investigation.
One of the victims was identified by their family as 28-year-old Katie Bartrom.