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Two children hospitalized after jumping castle lifts off during high winds at birthday party

From ABC Australia · () English

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  • Two primary-school-aged children suffered upper-body injuries after a jumping castle lifted into the air at a party in Mount Duneed, Victoria.
  • Both children were in stable condition after transport to Geelong University Hospital, while other children on the inflatable escaped injury.
  • The incident comes ahead of an inquest into the 2021 Hillcrest tragedy in Tasmania, where six children died after a jumping castle became airborne.

Two children were thrown from a jumping castle after strong winds lifted it into the air at a birthday party in Mount Duneed, near Geelong, on Friday morning.

Victoria Police said the incident happened shortly before 11am at a home on Lower Duneed Road. A boy and a girl, both of primary-school age, were taken by road to Geelong University Hospital with upper-body injuries. Ambulance Victoria said both were in stable condition.

Two children were thrown from the jumping castle and taken to hospital by road.

· Victoria Police spokespersonPolice described the immediate outcome of the incident at the birthday party.

A mobile intensive care ambulance and advanced life support paramedics attended the scene. Police said many other children were playing on the jumping castle when it lifted, but they escaped injury.

The accident recalls the 2021 incident at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, Tasmania. Six children died and three others suffered serious injuries after a freak wind lifted a jumping castle into the air. A coronial inquest into that tragedy is scheduled to begin later this month.

Two primary-school-aged children were transported to Geelong University Hospital, a boy and a girl both with upper body injuries in stable conditions.

· Ambulance VictoriaThe ambulance service provided an update on the children’s injuries and condition.
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