Overview
- A hot-air balloon touched down in the middle of a residential street in Edmond, Oklahoma, prompting a police response.
- Edmond police said no one was hurt and officers cleared the scene before reopening the roadway.
- Pilot Darrell Duer Jr. told KOCO that a high-pressure system cut surface winds to near zero, so he circled a small area and selected a neighborhood street to land.
- Six people were in the basket during the landing, and the flight was a standard sightseeing ride with no special event planned.
- Police released photos of the scene, and the incident highlights that balloonists control altitude but depend on wind for direction, which can lead to safe improvised landings when breezes stall.