2 die in balloon crash ; Colo. men killed in collision with power line in Iowa

From: Rocky Mountain News (2007-Current) | Date: November 17, 2007| Author: Bill Scanlon; Alan Gathright | Copyright information

A helium balloon that took off Wednesday night from Greeley collided with a power line and crashed in Iowa on Friday morning, killing two men from Colorado and injuring a third man from New Mexico.

The balloon's pilot, 62-year- old Thomas Boylan, a physician from Fort Collins, died at the scene, along with Bradley Brookhart, 37, of Littleton, authorities in Iowa's Franklin County said.

The balloon was descending when it struck a power line at 9:14 a.m. in the small town of Dows i...

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