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6 children celebrating the end of the school year were killed after falling over 30 feet from a bouncy castle that was lifted into the air by wind

Dec 21, 2021, 01:02 IST
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In this image made from video, people lay flowers at a makeshift memorial outside the Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021.Channel 9 via AP
  • A bouncy castle was lifted 32 feet into the air by wind during an event at a school in Australia.
  • A sixth child died in the hospital on Sunday as a result, Tasmanian police said.
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A sixth child has died after a tragedy last week involving a bouncy castle in Tasmania, Australia, police said.

On Thursday, nine children fell 32 feet from a bouncy castle that was lifted into the air by wind at an end-of-year event at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport.

Police said Chace Harrison, 11, died in the hospital on Sunday afternoon.

"Our thoughts continue to be with his family, and the families and loved ones of all the children involved, during what is an incomprehensibly difficult time," Tasmania Police Commissioner Darren Hine said in a statement.

The other five children who died were identified as Addison Stewart, 11, Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones, 12, Jye Sheehan, 12, Peter Dodt, 12, and Zane Mellor, 12.

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Police said two children were still at the hospital in critical condition and another was recovering at home.

Hine said an extensive investigation to determine how it happened would take time, including an analysis of how the bouncy castle was attached to the ground. He said the priority was to "interview all witnesses, gather and analyze forensic evidence and all environmental aspects, including weather patterns and conditions at the time of the incident."

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the country would provide funding to support those affected by "this terrible, terrible, unthinkable, unimaginable tragedy," the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.

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