The Latest: Blimp operator: Pilot ‘OK’ after US Open crash

ERIN, Wis. (AP) The Latest on the crash of an advertising blimp at the U.S. Open (all times local):

12:40 p.m.

An official with the company operating an advertising blimp at the U.S. Open says the pilot is ”OK” after the craft crashed but that he is being taken to a hospital.

Justin Maynard, a sales manager for Florida-based AirSign, says the company’s operations team on the ground reported on the pilot’s status.

He says he has no additional information on the crash that happened during the tournament’s opening round in Erin, Wisconsin.

12:25 p.m.

The U.S. Golf Association says an advertising blimp that crashed at the U.S. Open went down in an open field about half a mile from the Erin Hills golf…