Tragedy as man falls to his death from hot air balloon in West Sussex

    A man has died after falling from a hot air balloon in West Sussex. Emergency services were called shortly after 9.20am on Friday (19 September) following reports that a passenger had fallen from a balloon flying over Newpound Common in Wisborough Green, near Billingshurst. Sussex Police confirmed that the body of a man was discovered […]

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    A man has died after falling from a hot air balloon in West Sussex.

    Emergency services were called shortly after 9.20am on Friday (19 September) following reports that a passenger had fallen from a balloon flying over Newpound Common in Wisborough Green, near Billingshurst.

    Sussex Police confirmed that the body of a man was discovered in a nearby field at around 1.50pm. He has not yet been formally identified.

    The hot air balloon, which was travelling with a group of passengers from Billingshurst to Dunsfold in Surrey, continued its journey after the incident.

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