Government agencies investigate Maryland bounce house mishap that killed 5-year-old: What to know [Video]

U.S. safety officials and police have launched an investigation in response to a tragedy that occurred in Waldorf, Maryland, on Aug. 2, which left a 5-year-old boy dead and another injured after a bounce house went airborne during a baseball game.

Powerful wind gusts had lifted the bounce house approximately 15 to 20 feet in the air, causing children to fall before it landed on the playing field at Regency Furniture Stadium, Charles County officials announced in a press release.

EMS personnel, already stationed at the game, along with Southern Maryland Blue Crabs baseball team trainers and volunteer first responders quickly began patient care of the two children within minutes of the event. 

YOUNG BOY KILLED AFTER BOUNCE HOUSE GOES AIRBORNE AT MARYLAND BASEBALL GAME

Maryland State Police transported one 5-year-old male to a children’s hospital, and he was later pronounced dead. A second pediatric patient reportedly sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

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