A ROUGH DAY FOR PILOTS TRYING TO LAND IN RIO RANCHO THIS MORNING — AS FOUR BALLOONS COME CRASHING DOWN. IN ALL, NINE PEOPLE WERE INJURED .... INCLUDING A WOMAN SIX MONTHS PREGNANT. THE CRASH INVOLVING HER WAS CAUGHT ON HOME VIDEO -- WHICH WE HAVE. JEFF MAHER IS LIVE AT BALLOON FIESTA PARK WITH A LOOK. JEFF? ANDRE DEUTSCH WALKED OUT ONTO HIS BACK PORCH THIS MORNING IN RIO RANCHO HOPING TO CAPTURE THE MAGIC OF BALLOON FIESTA ON VIDEO. INSTEAD HE CAPTURED ONE OF ITS SCARIER MOMENTS. THESE PASSENGERS ARE BRACING FOR IMPACT - THE GONDOLA NAILS A HOUSE - AMAZINGLY NOBODY FALLS OUT - BUT THE WORST IS YET TO COME. 'and I kept on shooting and it went over the patio of the next house just south of me and it hit that house and I just felt real sorry - I thought oh my god I hope nobody got hurt' IN THE VIDEO - YOU CAN SEE THE BALLOON HIT THE GROUND. IT THEN LIFTS OFF AGAIN HITTING ANOTHER HOUSE - COLLIDING WITH THE SWAMP COOLER ON THE ROOF. 'how many people have a balloon hit their house?'YOU CAN SEE VEHICLES RACE TO THE CRASH SCENE. WHAT YOU DON’T SEE IS TWO PEOPLE GETTING EJECTED AFTER IT HITS THE GROUND AGAIN - ONE OF THEM - A WOMAN SIX MONTHS PREGNANT. SHE WAS DRAGGED AND THEN RUN OVER BY THE GONDOLA. 'when it went down to the arroyo it dragged a little bit and now I understand why it came back up because two people had actually fallen out of the basket at that time' OUR CREW WAS THERE THIS MORNING AS THE BALLOON LIFTED OFF. AND CHOPPER 4 GOT THE AFTERMATH. FOUR PEOPLE INJURED - THE PREGNANT WOMAN - AIRLIFTED AFTER COMPLAINING OF SEVERE ABDOMINAL PAINS. 'clearly any kind of accident, any incident involving balloons and people getting injured is of concern to balloon fiesta and to me' AUTHORITIES TELL US EVERYONE INJURED IN THAT CRASH IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. SOME PILOTS TELL US HIGH WINDS COULD HAVE BEEN A FACTOR. LIVE AT BALLOON FIESTA PARK. JEFF MAHER. EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR. THAT CRASH WAS JUST ONE OF MANY IN RIO RANCHO THIS MORNING.. THE FIRST HAPPENED AROUND 8-30 A BALLOON HIT A RETAINING WALL NEAR LOMA VISTA AND HIGH RESORT. ONE WOMAN WAS INJURED. TWO OTHERS CRASHED NEAR RIO RANCHO HIGH SCHOOL... HURTING 4 ONE PERSON WAS AIR-LIFTED. AND IT DIDN'T STOP THERE... CHOPPER 4 SPOTTED BALLOON AFTER BALLOON HITTING THE GROUND HARD... IN THIS ONE - THE PASSENGERS HAD TO HANG ON TIGHT AS THEIR BALLOON IS DRAGGED ACROSS THE DIRT. NO ONE WAS HURT IN THIS INCIDENT. INVESTIGATORS THINK THE WINDS WERE MUCH STRONGER IN RIO RANCHO THAN AT BALLOON FIESTA PARK. SANTA FE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR WHOEVER TIED UP A PAYDAY LOAN EMPLOYEE WITH AN ELECTRICAL CORD AND TOOK OFF WITH SOME CASH. INVESTIGATORS SAY IT HAPPENED AT THE FAST BUCKS PAYDAY AND TITLE LOANS ON CERRILLOS ROAD YESTERDAY. TWO TEENS WALKING BY THE STORE HEARD THE FEMALE CLERK CRYING FOR HELP. THEY FREED HER AND CALLED POLICE. NO WORD ON HOW MUCH CASH WAS TAKEN. ONE OF THE MURDER SUSPECTS CONNECTED TO THE DEADLY BEATING OF A CAR DEALERSHIP SECURITY GUARD TURNS HIMSELF IN. POLICE SAY 18- YEAR-OLD JOSHUA SANTISTEVAN IS BACK BEHIND BARS TONIGHT. SANTISTEVAN AND JEREMY DOMINGUEZ BONDED OUT WHEN THEY ONLY FACED ASSAULT CHARGES. TWENTY-ONE-YEAR- OLD DAMIAN GALLEGOS AND 19- YEAR OLD GARY 'DUSTIN'DIBENEDETTI ALSO BONDED OUT.. BUT POLICE RE- ARRESTED THEM AFTER 51 YEAR-OLD SUSAN SCHMIDT DIED IN THE HOSPITAL OVER THE WEEKEND. SCHMIDT WAS WORKING THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT AT BOB TURNER'S FORD COUNTRY-- WHEN THIEVES BEAT HER OVER A SET OF MUSTANG WHEELS AND TIRES. AND A FIFTH SUSPECT IS STILL ON THE RUN-- 19-YEAR- OLD MARC GOODMAN NEVAREZ. AS EXPECTED, ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR MARTIN CHAVEZ JUMPED INTO THE RACE FOR PETE DOMENICI'S U.S. SENATE SEAT TODAY. AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT..... HE PREDICTED A REPUBLICAN COUNTERATTACK - AND GOT ONE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. STUART DYSON IS LIVE IN OUR NEWSROOM WITH DAY ONE OF MARTIN CHAVEZ' RACE FOR THE SENATE. THE ALBUQUERQUE DEMOCRAT - UNDAUNTED BY LESS-THAN- IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS IN OUR SURVEY USA POLL - HEADS INTO POLITICAL COMBAT AGAINST TWO DEMOCRATIC UNKNOWNS AND A REPUBLICAN POWERHOUSE. OUTQ MARTY CHAVEZ - HIS CAMPAIGN IS BIG ON THE 'MARTY' NICKNAME - FIRED UP HIS ENGINES IN A DEMOCRAT-JAMMED HANGAR AT ECLIPSE AVIATION THIS MORNING. CHAVEZ WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING THE COMPANY TO ALBUQUERQUE - ALTHOUGH ECLIPSE MAKES NO ENDORSEMENT. CHAVEZ DELIVERED A STRONG ANTI-BUSH ANTI-WAR SPEECH - AND PREDICTED A PARTISAN BACKLASH. ' I know in my gut that the right wing of the state and national GOP will fight mean and dirty - their war effort and their power are at stake - but in my heart I know that they no longer represent the mainstream of either their party or New Mexico! ' EVEN AS HE SPOKE REPUBLICANS STRUCK BACK OUTSIDE THE HANGAR. ' Basically we see marty Chavez as somebody who's raised taxes - who's been irresponsible with managing budgets in the city of Albuquerque - budgets have just been growing by astronomical - you know - measures.' CHAVEZ FACES TWO POLITICAL NEWCOMERS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FIELD - DON WIVIOTT AND JIM HANNAN - BOTH OF SANTA FE. ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE SO FAR IT'S CONGRESSWOMAN HEATHER WILSON. OUR SURVEY USA POLL SHOWS WILSON WITH A FOUR POINT LEAD OVER CHAVEZ RIGHT NOW - WITH 8 PER CENT UNDECIDED. AMONG WOMEN THOUGH - CHAVEZ LEADS. WHILE WILSON HAS A BIG LEAD AMONG MEN. CHAVEZ HAS A SUBSTANTIAL EDGE AMONG HISPANIC VOTERS. AND WILSON ENJOYS A SIMILAR EDGE WITH ANGLOS. CHAVEZ TOLD THE CROWD THIS MORNING HE'S TALKED WITH GOVERNOR RICHARDSON - WHO PERSONALLY ASSURED HIM HE'S NOT GETTING IN THE SENATE RACE. BACK TO YOU. THE MAYOR ISN'T WASTING ANY TIME WITH HIS CAMPAIGN.. MINUTES AFTER HIS ANNOUNCEMENT WE CHECKED OUT CHAVEZ' WEBSITE AND FOUND IT ALREADY UP AND RUNNING .. ASKING FOR DONATIONS. WE'VE LEARNED THE TOP RANKING OFFICIAL AT THE VALENCIA COUNTY JAIL HAS RESIGNED... AMID ACCUSATIONS HE HAD A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH AN INMATE. WE'RE GATHERING THE DETAILS COMING UP TONIGHT AT TEN. BUT FIRST AT SIX... WE'RE THERE AS FED-UP HOMEOWNERS SHOW NO MERCY FOR AN ALBUQUERQUE MORTGAGE COMPANY... PROTESTORS STORM THE OFFICES OF AN ALBUQUERQUE PROTESTORS STORM THE OFFICES