A MAN has tragically died after falling from a hot air balloon.
Emergency services were called to Newpound Common, in Wisborough Green, West Sussex, at around 9.20am today.
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SUSSEX NEWS AND PICTURESOfficers found a body in a nearby field this afternoon[/caption]
An urgent search was launched and officers sadly recovered a body from a nearby field at around 1.50pm.
The man had been with a group of people in the hot air balloon.
It had been travelling from Billingshurt to Dunsfold, cops said.
A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said: “Police were called to a report of a man having fallen from a hot air balloon near Newpound Common, Wisborough Green, just after 9.20am on Friday (September 19).
“Following an extensive search the body of a man was sadly found in a field at 1.50pm.
“The search was carried out by neighbourhood officers, police drones, search officers and dogs.
“The man had been among a group of people on a balloon flight from Billingshurst to Dunsfold.
“Police have yet to formerly identify the man.
“An investigation is taking place as to the circumstances and at this time the incident is not being treated as suspicious.”
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