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A 5-year-old boy died when a bounce house full of children went airborne and crashed down onto a baseball field in Maryland on Friday, authorities said. The 5-year-old, from the town of La Plata, was airlifted by a state police helicopter to a children’s hospital and later pronounced dead, the county said. The gust of wind carried it over a wall and onto the field, the station reported. Witnesses said the bounce house had been secured by stakes hammered into the ground, according to the station. La Plata is a town of about 10,000, around 70 miles southwest of Baltimore.
Persons: Charles County, , Reuben Collins, Witnesses, Courtney Knichel Organizations: Southern Maryland Blue, Maryland State Police, Furniture, NBC Washington, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, Atlantic League of Professional Baseball Locations: Maryland, Waldorf, La Plata, ” Charles County, Southern, Baltimore
CNN —A 5-year-old boy died and another child was injured when a bounce house they were inside went airborne during a baseball game in Maryland on Friday night, authorities said. The bounce house flew onto the playing field at Regency Furniture Stadium, in Waldorf, as the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs baseball team was playing, according to a news release from Charles County officials. The children who were inside fell before the bounce house landed on the field, according to the news release. Onsite medical responders immediately tended to the children, with help from trainers from the baseball team and attendees of the game, authorities said. The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs postponed their Saturday night game due to the incident.
Persons: Charles, Reuben B, Collins, ” Collins, Waldorf, Yan Kaner Organizations: CNN, Regency Furniture, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, Charles, Facebook Locations: Maryland, Waldorf, Charles County, Southern Maryland, Washington
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