Man dies after falling from hot air balloon

A man has died after falling from a hot air balloon near Billingshurst, West Sussex

A man has died after falling from a hot air balloon in West Sussex.

Emergency services were called to a report of a man having fallen from a hot air balloon at Newpound Common in Wisborough Green, near Billingshurst, at about 09:20 BST on Friday.

The body of a man, who has not yet been formally identified, was found in a field at 13:50, Sussex Police said.

Police said officers were investigating the incident, but it was not being treated as suspicious."

The man was with a group of people in the hot air balloon at the time, which was travelling from Billingshurst to Dunsfold in Surrey, police added.