Australia: 4 children die and several are injured in accident with inflatable castle

Four children were killed and several seriously injured Thursday in an accident involving a bouncy castle during an end-of-the-year school party in Australia.

“I can sadly confirm that four children have died, four are in critical condition and one in serious condition”, Tasmania Island Police said.

It indicated that the students of a primary school in the north of Tasmania they were celebrating the end of classes before Christmas holidays when the accident occurred, which caused him to fall from a height of ten meters.

Several rescue helicopters and ambulances were dispatched to the site.

Local media showed images of policemen in tears in front of blue tarps that hid what Williams described as “A very shocking and distressing scene.”

Prime Minister Scott Morrison called the incident “simply devastating.”

The school had invited parents to collaborate with the event, which included a playground, a slide, an arts and crafts area and the bouncy castle.

The school said on its Facebook page that “there was an accident on our school site. We are going to close school for the rest of the day ”, and asked parents to pick up their children“ urgently ”.

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