Four children died after the fall of an inflatable castle in Australia
Police said four children were killed and four others were injured after falling from an inflatable castle in Australia.
The tragedy, caused by a gust of wind, occurred on Thursday during a primary school holiday in Devonport, Tasmania.
Police said the children fell from a height of about 10 meters. Two boys and two girls died.
Authorities did not name their age, but said they were all in the fifth or sixth grade – usually children aged 10-12.
“Due to the gust of wind, the inflatable castle and inflatable balls rose into the air,” said Tasmanian Police Commissioner Darren Hein.
“Our hearts are broken for the families and relatives, classmates, teachers of these children who left too early,” he added.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison called the tragedy “unthinkable.”
“Little children during the holiday … and it’s turning into such a horrible tragedy,” he said.
Doctors quickly arrived at Hillcrest Elementary School after the incident.
Children are best treated by a doctor before being taken by don’s helicopter.
The incident, which occurred on the last day of the school year, was reported by parents.
ABC reporter Monte Bovill wrote on Twitter that locals were “running to school to pick their children.”
According to police, investigative actions are underway.
Devonport on the north coast of Tasmania is a small port city with a population of just under 30,000.
Earlier there were other mortals with an inflatable lock. In 2019, a similar incident in China killed children and injured 20 others.
A year earlier in the UK, a girl died after falling from an inflatable castle, which, according to eyewitnesses, “exploded” on Norfolk Beach.
And two fair workers have been jailed for manslaughter after an inflatable castle with seven-year-old Summer Grant was blown up in Essex in March 2016.