Tragic bounce house accident at Southern Maryland Blue Crabs baseball game leaves five-year-old boy dead

A five-year-old boy has died and different kid was near injured aft an inflatable bounce location lifted disconnected into nan aerial earlier crashing down connected nan section during a shot crippled successful Maryland.

The mishap occurred astatine Regency Furniture Stadium successful Waldorf connected Friday night, wherever families had gathered to watch nan Southern Maryland Blue Crabs play.

Eyewitnesses described nan heart-stopping infinitesimal a abrupt gust of upwind sent nan bounce location - pinch children still wrong - soaring '15 to 20 feet' into nan air.

Emergency services rushed to nan segment astatine astir 9:20 pm, but contempt their champion efforts, nan young boy from La Plata couldn't beryllium saved.

He was airlifted to a adjacent children's infirmary wherever he was tragically pronounced dead.

A 2nd kid was besides injured but their information is not thought to beryllium life-threatening.

The Blue Crabs person cancelled their upcoming crippled and are offering counseling to nan devastated families.

Courtney Knichel, General Manager of nan Blue Crabs, said: 'Our full statement shares our condolences pinch nan family mourning nan nonaccomplishment of a child, and interest for nan kid who was injured.'

'Our thoughts and prayers are pinch them all,' she added.

Charles County Government Commissioner President Reuben B. Collins, II, Esq. besides expressed his deepest sympathies. 

'We widen our deepest empathy to nan children and their families during this difficult time,' he said. 'We convey our EMS squad and nan Maryland State Police for their swift actions to guarantee nan children received contiguous care.' 

In April, a An Arizona firefighter's toddler died aft a bounce location was lifted into nan aerial by a beardown gust of upwind and landed successful a neighbor's garden.

The tragedy, which besides injured different child, occurred astatine a children's day statement successful Casa Grande connected Saturday. 

The two-year-old, named by a family friend as Bodhi, was rushed to a section infirmary but later pronounced dead, according to the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.

The 2nd kid was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. 

Bounce houses origin galore injuries each year, pinch astatine slightest 28 deaths and 479 injuries owed to wind-related bounce location accidents from 2021 to 2022, according to a study from the University of Georgia.