Two arrests have been made in Britain after a seven-year-old girl died while using a bouncy castle at an Easter fair.
The girl died after the inflatable castle at Harlow Town Park, 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of London, was swept away by a strong gust of wind. The girl was treated at the scene and taken to a hospital by air ambulance but still died.
Police says Sunday a man and a woman from a bouncy castle firm have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. They have not been identified.
Ray Smith of the Showmans Guild of Great Britain said the castle had been displaced by “a sudden gust.” He said if the winds had been consistently high, the castle and other inflatables would have been closed.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Regardless, they (the inflatables) should’ve been tethered and anchored in the ground. They need to take responsibility for this accident and learn from it and anchor everything down.
I have felt that law should be done to make all of these bouncy things have over the top ties as well as in ground. It shouldn’t be so much more expensive to build them like that and would help maintain safety. Keeping insurance cost lower as well.