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