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Stallworth hospitalized after hot-air balloon accident

Patriots free-agent receiver Donte’ Stallworth was hospitalized today after a being in a hot-air balloon accident Saturday morning in the Miami area.

Stallworth is expected to be fine and able to continue his playing career, though he may be out of action for a bit, agent Drew Rosenhaus said.

According to NBC 6 Miami, Miami-Dade police responded to the accident just after 10 a.m.; the balloon’s passenger basket, with three people inside, crashed into power lines while airborne.

One of the other passengers was Stallworth’s girlfriend.