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Hot Air Balloon Crashes Into Power Lines Moments After Passengers Get Engaged

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File photo of a hot air balloon. (credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

File photo of a hot air balloon. (credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

SELLERSBURG, Ind. (CBS Cleveland/AP) — Authorities say a hot air balloon crashed in southern Indiana, injuring three people.

WAVE-TV in Louisville, Ky., reports the balloon crashed about 8 p.m. Wednesday near Sellersburg.

Clark County officials told WAVE that the balloon was carrying a couple who had just gotten engaged. The station reports the three people were treated at the scene for burns after the balloon hit power lines.

The groom-to-be performed CPR on the pilot, Dallas Beall, until paramedics arrived at the scene, WAVE reports. The future bride was also shocked after Beall fell on top of her.

A spokesman for the Clark County Sheriff’s Department did not answer a phone call seeking details Thursday morning.

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