A fifth child has died and three remain critically injured after they fell about 10 metres from a jumping castle that was blown into the air in north-west Tasmania. Police confirmed two girls and two boys, in year 5 and 6, died in the tragedy at Hillcrest primary school in Devonport on Thursday morning. Police commissioner Darren Hine said officers were called to the school after a wind gust caused the jumping castle and inflatable balls to be lifted into the air. Photograph: Grant Wells/EPA“On a day when these children were meant to be celebrating the last day of primary school, instead we’re all mourning their loss,” Hine said. “Our thoughts are also with those emergency services personnel who attended to try and save these people’s lives.”It is still unclear how many children were playing on the jumping castle when it was blown into the air.

Source: The Guardian December 16, 2021 11:26 UTC