Rhineland-Palatinate
Bouncy castle accident: Five children seriously injured
Police officers remove the shell of the bouncy castle in Gondershausen. Photo: Thomas Frey/dpa
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Shock at the children’s football tournament: a tornado raises a bouncy castle, several children fall and are seriously injured.
Nine children were injured in an accident with a bouncy castle during a football tournament in Gondershausen in the Rhein-Hunsrück district – five of them seriously.
Four of the little patients were flown to clinics in a rescue helicopter on Sunday, the police in Koblenz said. In total, nine children were injured in the accident at a sports field.
After initial investigations, the bouncy castle was caught by the wind and pulled up several meters, the police said. The playing children fell from a height of four to five meters. The police seized the bouncy castle. In the afternoon, officers loaded the shell of the gaming device onto a police bus. A police helicopter was also in action. A children’s football tournament had been held on the sports field.
A similar accident happened on Saturday in Tonndorf, Thuringia. According to the police, three children were injured when a bouncy castle was hit by a strong gust of wind and rolled over. Five children playing fell to the ground, injuring three of them. According to initial findings, the bouncy castle was properly attached, which is why there is no suspicion of a crime, as the police in Weimar announced.