Hot air balloon crashes at Voice of America Park

Competition balloons launched from off-site and flew over Hook Field to drop their markers as close to the target as possible Saturday morning during the Ohio Challenge Hot Air Balloon Festival at Smith Park in Middletown. Special shape balloons inflated on-site for attendees to get a closer look at them. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Competition balloons launched from off-site and flew over Hook Field to drop their markers as close to the target as possible Saturday morning during the Ohio Challenge Hot Air Balloon Festival at Smith Park in Middletown. Special shape balloons inflated on-site for attendees to get a closer look at them. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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By Denise Callahan
April 20, 2018
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A hot air balloon crashed at Voice of America Park in West Chester Twp. this morning but there are no injuries reported.

Butler County dispatchers said a balloon did come down on the athletic fields at around 8:15 a.m. and park personnel are on the scene. The dispatcher said no one was injured. As of now West Chester emergency crews have not been dispatched.

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