5-Year-Old Killed and Another Child Injured After Bounce House Is Blown in Air [Video]

A 5-year-old boy died and another child was injured after a bounce house they were playing in became airborne in Charles County, Maryland. 

The tragic incident occurred during a Southern Maryland Blue Crabs baseball game in Waldorf, Md., 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, Md., received “life-threatening injuries” in the incident and was airlifted to a children’s hospital where he was later pronounced dead, per …