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(LINCOLN, Neb.) – A 2-year-old boy from Nebraska was killed and his sister was injured when the wind pulled a huge tire off his mooring line and threw it into the air before dropping it. inside, more than 30 meters, announced Friday the authorities.
The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office said Caleb Acuna was seriously traumatized in the head during his test on Wednesday night at JK's Pumpkin Patch, just north of Lincoln. Caleb was removed from the survival system on Thursday afternoon.
Arra, her 5-year-old sister, had a broken arm.
"It's certainly a tragic situation," said Captain Tom Brookhouser, Lancaster County Sheriff. "The sheriff's office has never worked an incident like this for the last 28 years I've been here."
The siblings were playing on the bounce pillow – similar to a bounce house, but without walls – around 6 pm. Wednesday, a gust of wind estimated at 59 mph (95 km / h) has torn off its moorings.
Raymond's fire safety officer, Nick Monnier, told Lincoln Journal Star that the kids' parents had just got off the dinghy when the wind swept him. Monnier said that Arra had been thrown to about thirty meters, but that the pillow had been folded over Caleb Acuna and had brought it to over 100 feet.
A nearby bounce house was also blown off by the same gust of wind, he said.
Brookhouser said the authorities were still investigating and that an autopsy was planned.
The National Weather Service had issued a wind advisory for Wednesday afternoon, warning gusts of up to 60 mph. The winds during the day have always exceeded 32 km / h (20 mph).
Large inflatable pillow-shaped structures are common in county fairs and on lakes. Manufacturers generally warn that they should not be used when winds exceed 20 mph.
The Lancaster County Council approved an entertainment license for the pumpkin patch in August, according to the Star Journal.
The owners of the pumpkin did not respond to an Associated Press phone message. According to the company's voicemail box, the pumpkin patch was shut down the previous weekend due to weather concerns.
The winds have already knocked over inflatable rides, usually causing bumps and bruises, but some accidents have been fatal.
A man from Pennyslvania died in June 2010, just days after the collapse of an inflatable slide and stuck him in a Cleveland Indians baseball game. In March 2010, a 5-year-old boy was killed when he fell from a tire and landed on a concrete floor in Wichita, Kansas.
In England, a 7-year-old girl died in March 2016 after strong winds swept through an inflatable house where she played. And in July of this year, a three-year-old English girl was killed while jumping on an inflatable trampoline that collapsed.
The regulation of rides is left to each state. Although most laws and inspectors oversee mechanical maneuvers in amusement parks and fairs, only a handful gives the same control to inflatable tires. Nebraska does not regulate inflatable structures.
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