>> THIS IS BREAKING NEWS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, WE CONTINUE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT DEADLY HOT AIR BALLOON CRASH. FIVE PEOPLE HAVE DIED MAKING IT THE DEADLIEST BALLOON ACCIDENT IN STATE HISTORY. POLICE WRAPPING UP A PRESS CONFERENCE JUST A SHORT TIME AGO. ALL OF THE VICTIMS COME FROM CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, TO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS MARTIN AND MARY MARTINEZ, A MARRIED COUPLE. MARTIN IS A FORMER POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS WORKING FOR APS AS AN OFFICER. WE ARE TOLD THEY BALLOON HIT A POWER LINE WITH THE BASKET SEPARATING FROM THE ENVELOPE. IT TRAVELED DOWN THE POWER LINE FOLLOWING TO THE GROUND ARNE THE INTERSECTION OF UNCERTAIN CENTRAL. SEVERAL WITNESSSE RUSH TO THE SCENE TRYING TO HELP THE VICTIMS. T>>HAT IS WHAT BEING ONE ALBUQUERQUE IS ABOUT. WHEN WARE E HERE DURING THE MOST TRAGIC TIMES WILLING TO RISK OUR OWN LIVES AS CITIZENS TO HELP OUR FELLOW ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS. EVERYONE WHO IS HERE TODAY AND WHO ASSISTED AND RTES THEMSELVES , I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. >> FOR ALLF O US IN NEW MEXICO, WE THINK ABOUT BALLOONING AND WHAT IT MEANTOS US AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THIISS SOMETHING WE FEEL IN A UNIQUE WAY. RON: THE FAA AND NTSB ARE HANDLING THE INVESTIGATION. APS PUT OUT A STATENTME THAT SAYS SERGEANT MARTINEZ WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED FORIS H LIFELONG DEDICATION, COURAGE, AND SELFLESSNESS TO THE PROFESSION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. HE HAD A CAREERS WITH BOTH THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS,