A hot air balloon crashed into power lines and burst into flames Friday during Albuquerque`s annual balloon fiesta, throwing both men on board to the ground and killing one of them. Witnesses said that many of the balloons were flying low right before the Wings of Wind balloon crashed in Bernalillo, just north of Albuquerque.
Stephen Lachendro of Butler, Pa., was killed and Keith Sproul of North Brunswick, N.J., was critically injured. Kathie Leyendecker, a spokeswoman for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, said she did not know who was piloting the balloon.
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Image: Blazing fuel tanks hang from hot-air balloon Wings of Wind slammed into power lines during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Bernalillo, N.M. on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The balloon scattered debris across the town as it disintegrated, killing one man and injuring another.
