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A 2-year-old boy died after playing in a bounce house that blew away in the wind, authorities say. A spokesperson for the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona told NBC News that the tragedy transpired around 5 p.m. on April 27, close to the city of Casa Grande, which is roughly 50 miles south of Phoenix. “Several children were playing in a bounce house when a strong gust of wind sent it airborne into the neighboring lot,” a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office told NBC News.
com that approximately 10,000 visits to the emergency room each year stem from bounce houses injuries. Study co-author Thomas E. Gill, an Earth system scientist at The University of Texas at El Paso, told TODAY.com in 2022 that bounce houses “are very buoyant, like a giant balloon.” The study authors said common injuries include broken bones, concussions or suffocation when children jump on each other or if the bounce house deflates and falls in on itself.
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