Five children dead with more injured after bouncy castle accident

The tragedy took place on the last day of term at a primary school in Tasmania

Five children have died after a gust of wind blew a bouncy castle 10 metres in the air at a primary school end-of-year celebration, with four more seriously injured. The tragic incident took place at Hillcrest Primary School, near Devonport in north-west Tasmania, at about 10am on Thursday. The ages of the five victims have not been confirmed by authorities, but they were all in grades five or six, year groups typically for children aged 10-12. Police said the children had fallen from a height of about 10 metres (32ft). Pandemics arrived at the scene shortly quickly after the accident, with the children being given first aid before being flown in helicopters to hospital, the BBC reports. https://twitter.com/MonteBovill/status/1471292759608729601 Pictures from ABC News showed officers consoling each other at the scene of the tragedy. https://twitter.com/MonteBovill/status/1471284569626185732 Tasmania Police Commissioner Darren Hine said on Thursday afternoon: "I can now sadly confirm four children have died and four are in a critical condition. "On a day when these children were meant to be celebrating their last day of primary school, instead we're all mourning their loss.

"Our hearts are breaking for the families and the loved ones, schoolmates, teachers of these young people who were taken too soon."

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