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Man dies after falling from hot air balloon in Billingshurst | Man dies after falling from hot air balloon in Billingshurst |
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A man has died after falling from a hot air balloon near Billingshurst, West Sussex | A man has died after falling from a hot air balloon near Billingshurst, West Sussex |
A man has died after falling from a hot air balloon in West Sussex. | A man has died after falling from a hot air balloon in West Sussex. |
Emergency services were called to a report of a man having fallen from a hot air balloon at Newpound Common in Wisborough Green, near Billingshurst, at about 09:20 BST on Friday. | Emergency services were called to a report of a man having fallen from a hot air balloon at Newpound Common in Wisborough Green, near Billingshurst, at about 09:20 BST on Friday. |
The body of a man, who has not yet been formally identified, was found in a field at 13:50, Sussex Police said. | The body of a man, who has not yet been formally identified, was found in a field at 13:50, Sussex Police said. |
Police said officers were investigating the incident, but it was not being treated as suspicious." | Police said officers were investigating the incident, but it was not being treated as suspicious." |
The man was with a group of people in the hot air balloon at the time, which was travelling from Billingshurst to Dunsfold in Surrey, police added. | |
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