A bouncy house tragedy has claimed the life of another 11-year-old boy after it was swept up by wind 32 feet into the air. The tragedy has now claimed the lives of six children and two others critically injured.
Friday in Australia, a bouncy castle was lifted into the air by strong winds during an end-of-the-year school celebration at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, in northern Tasmania. Police said the incident has claimed the lives of 6 children.
11-year-old Chace Harrison succumbed to his injuries today. He was one of nine children who fell 32 feet from the bouncy inflatable castle. Two more children remain in the hospital in critical condition. Police commissioner Darren Hine released a statement, “Our thoughts continue to be with his family, and the families and loved ones of all the children involved, during what is an incomprehensibly difficult time.”
Police have released the victims' names with the permission of their families. Addison Stewart, 11, and Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones, Jye Sheehan, Peter Dodt, and Zane Mellor, who were 12. An investigation is currently underway and will take into account the strength of the wind at the time, in addition to how the castle was tethered to the ground.