(1 Aug 2016) Co-workers of Tresa Owens, who died in a hot-air balloon crash Saturday morning spoke about the teacher who worked there for more than 20 years and her husband Joe Owens, outside of the Tiger Land Child Care Center in Katy, Texas.
All 16 people aboard the balloon were killed in the crash.
Police say the pilot of the hot air balloon had been arrested in Missouri for driving while intoxicated in 2000.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported in 2008 that the Better Business Bureau there had warned consumers about doing business with Alfred "Skip" Nichols after complaints about his balloon touring company.
Forty-nine-year-old Nichols was identified as the pilot of the Texas balloon by his friend and roommate Alan Lirette, who said that Nichols was a good pilot.
Federal investigators say the balloon hit high-tension power lines before crashing into a pasture early Saturday morning.
One witness who lives a quarter-mile from the site reported a fireball going up.
Investigators are focusing on interviewing witnesses, starting Monday with the ground crew.
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