Hot air balloon unexpected landing in Peterborough

"Bemused" residents pitched in to help after a hot air balloon landed unexpectedly in their estate.

The balloon came down in Orton Brimbles in Peterborough on Sunday morning.

It landed in the middle of a road, and crowds turned up to help the pilot roll it up so it could be driven away.

Cambridgeshire Police said they received calls about a balloon that was drifting and struggling to gain height but as the Peterborough Telegraph reported, there were no injuries.

Barry Coates, a local resident, said the balloon had been "piggy-backing - it was going up and down over the rooftops and we thought it was going to land in front of our house".

He said it hit a tree at one point before finally coming to rest.