Australia mourns child bouncy castle accident victims
Manchester Evening News|December 18, 2021
CHRISTMAS lights have been turned off and a candlelight vigil was held in the Australian town where five children died after falling from a bouncy castle that was lifted into the air by a gust of wind.
Australia mourns child bouncy castle accident victims

Three children were still in a critical condition in hospital and one child was discharged after the incident on Thursday in the island state of Tasmania.

The dead included three boys and two girls aged 11 or 12.

Children at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport were celebrating the end of the school year when a sudden gust of wind lifted the bouncy castle almost 33 feet into the air.

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