Mount Duneed: Children hospitalised after jumping castle goes airborne in Melbourne’s southwest
Five children were hospitalized in Australia after high winds caused jumping castles to become airborne in separate incidents in Melbourne and Sydney. These events have prompted renewed safety concerns, drawing comparisons to a fatal 2021 jumping castle tragedy in Tasmania.
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Highlights critical safety risks associated with inflatable play equipment and the potential for severe injury during extreme weather.
- 9.26am . First published at 3.08am
shares Share article High wind gusts have left five children in hospital across NSW and Victoria after jumping castles were lifted into the air.
One incident occurred on a private property south-west of Melbourne where two children were rushed to hospital from a little girl’s birthday party.
Two children have been rushed to hospital after high winds lifted a jumping castle into the air during a party southwest of Melbourne. 9News
Emergency services were called to a home on Lower Duneed Road in Mount Duneed shortly before 11am on Saturday.
The primary school aged boy and girl suffered upper body injuries after they were thrown from the inflatable.
They were rushed to Geelong University Hospital where they are in a stable condition.
Numerous other children were playing on the jumping castle at the time but managed to escape without injury.
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