Virginia police have found the body of a third person aboard a hot-air balloon that exploded Friday after colliding with a power line near Richmond, Va.
Searchers found the third body at 11 a.m. on Sunday, state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said during a press conference Sunday. The bodies of the two other people on board the balloon at the time of the crash had previously been found.
A person who witnessed the incident told NBC she could hear the cries of those on board.
“They were just screaming for anybody to help them,” Carrie Hager-Bradley said. “‘Help me, help me, sweet Jesus, help, I’m going to die, oh my God, I’m going to die.'”
Although police have not released the names of the victims, the University of Richmond and family members have said that Ginny Doyle, an associate head coach for the school’s women’s-basketball team, and Natalie Lewis, the school’s director of basketball relations, were passengers on the aircraft. Daniel T. Kirk, an experienced pilot, was controlling the hot-air balloon at the time of the incident.
[AP]
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