During a children’s football tournament in Gondershausen in the Rhein-Hunsrück district, there was an accident with a bouncy castle. Nine children were injured, some seriously.
According to previous investigations, the bouncy castle was hit by a tornado on a sports field and pulled up several meters over a four-meter-high fence. The bouncy castle was then thrown 40 to 60 meters across a meadow. The 15 children on it fell from a height of four to five meters. Three children were seriously injured, six moderately severe.
Seriously injured children flown to clinic by rescue helicopter
The seriously injured children were taken to nearby hospitals in four rescue helicopters and rescue vehicles. The emergency care is on duty. The police have started an investigation into the accident at the scene. The bouncy castle was secured. In the afternoon, officers loaded the shell of the gaming device onto a police bus. A police helicopter was also in action. There was no information about the security of the castle.
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The children were flown to nearby hospitals with a total of four rescue helicopters.
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