A 5-year-old boy, Declan Hicks, is reportedly dead and another child was injured after a bounce house they were playing in became airborne in Charles County, Maryland.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The tragic incident occurred during a Southern Maryland Blue Crabs baseball game in Waldorf, Maryland, on Friday, Aug. 2, when a bounce house flew ‘approximately 15 to 20 feet’ high with a group of children inside it due to a gust of wind, ‘causing children to fall before it landed on the playing field,’ Charles County Government said in a press release.
‘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,’ authorities shared.
A 5-year-old boy from La Plata, Maryland, received ‘life-threatening injuries’ in the incident and was airlifted to a children’s hospital where he was later pronounced dead, according to the release.
The second child sustained ‘non-life-threatening injuries’ and was also sent to hospital to be treated. Their name, sex and age were not detailed in the release.
