Pilot killed in fall from hot air balloon in Vermont, 4 passengers uninjured Travis Andersen © Facebook Brian Boland, 72, died in a hot air balloon accident Thursday. Authorities said he became trapped under the basket and fell to his death.
For much of his adult life, Brian J. Boland was devoted to hot air ballooning, building his own craft as far back as his college days, sponsoring a festival that drew people from all over, and piloting countless groups in trips high above the Upper Valley of the Connecticut River.
But on Thursday, what seemed to be a routine outing ended in disaster when the 72-year-old pilot became trapped under the balloon’s basket and plummeted to his death, police said.
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