Local Maryland officials say one child was killed and another was injured after a wind gust blew a bounce house into the air at a baseball game.

One child was killed and another was injured after a wind gust blew a bounce house into the air at a baseball game in Maryland on Friday night, local officials said.

Local emergency personnel received a call in Waldorf, Maryland, at about 9:21 p.m. Friday from the Regency Furniture Stadium reporting that a moon bounce house became airborne because of a wind gust while children were inside.

At the time, the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs minor league baseball team was playing a game, and “the moon bounce was carried approximately 15 to 20 feet up in the air, causing children to fall before it landed on the playing field,” according to a news release from the Charles County government posted on its website.

A 5-year-old boy from La Plata, Maryland, was flown to Children’s National Hospital in Washington, where he was later pronounced dead, the release said. A second child also was flown out by Maryland State Police with non-life-threatening injuries.

  • catloafEnglish
    72·
    1 month ago

    They’re supposed to be, yes.

    I’m morbidly curious about how they were hurt from the fall. The article implies they fell out of the house, which I guess makes sense, because if they were still inside, it would have provided a soft landing.

    • Todd Bonzalez
      34·
      1 month ago

      The article doesn’t imply anything, it directly tells you that the bounce house was blown 15-20 feet in the air by a gust of wind, and children fell out at approximately that height before it landed on the playing field. Maybe finish reading the article, or at least click the link they provided to the press release if it wasn’t clear enough for you: https://www.charlescountymd.gov/Home/Components/News/News/5361/400

      On August 2 at 9:21 p.m., Charles County 9-1-1 Public Safety Communications received a call from the Regency Furniture Stadium reporting that a moon bounce house became airborne due to a wind gust, while children were inside it. At the time, the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs baseball team was playing a game, and the moon bounce was carried approximately 15 to 20 feet up in the air, causing children to fall before it landed on the playing field.

      Sorry if this is a little terse, but every single thread on this site has someone saying “I read the article and I still don’t know what happened”, only for me to read the same article and conclude that the person commenting only read the headline. Which is exactly what I would expect from some dumb person reading the headline “1 child killed after wind gust sends bounce house airborne at baseball game” and not understanding if the child fell out or not because it wasn’t in the headline.

      • WoahWoah@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 month ago

        Well at least you took the time to summarize the pertinent part and complain about having to do it! Time is valuable, and I appreciate your sacrifice.