Erin, Wis. (WQOW) - The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting a blimp crashed Thursday morning near the U.S. Open at Erin Hills.
Multiple videos and photos were posted on social media shortly after 11 a.m. CDT that showed the blimp deflated and in flames. "He said the blimp is not looking good", Snedeker said.
The USGA said the pilot was being treated for "unknown injuries".
Play was not disrupted by the crash, which took place around half a mile east of the Erin Hills course.
The advertising blimp's pilot wasn't seriously injured, said Catherine Walsh, a sales representative at AirSign, which owns the blimp.
Some may say Erin Hills is a gamble from the United States Golf Association (USGA).
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The pilot is okay but suffered some burns, a spokesman for AirSign said in a telephone interview from the company's Florida office. "You know the tagline, it's cliché but, 'Stay in the present.' He did it better than anybody did this whole week".
Schmidt told ESPN.com that he was the first to arrive at the crash scene and that he pulled Thompson away from the burning wreckage just before the blimp's propane tanks exploded.
The blimp that fell out of the sky at the U.S. Open just moments ago. Maynard could not confirm witness accounts that the pilot skydived from the blimp and said the aircraft's pilots do not regularly carry parachutes. She said she drove toward the site where the blimp hit the ground.
The blimp company AirSign had tweeted earlier in the day, providing aerial views of the golf tournament.
The Sheriff's Office said it is assisting the FAA and National Transportation Safety Bureau with the investigation.
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