A 2-year-old dies after the wind has caught a bounce pillow in a pumpkin patch in the Lincoln area | Crime and courts

The girl was released from the hospital on Thursday morning after being treated for her injuries.

Sheriff Terry Wagner and the Sheriff's Office extended their deepest sympathies to the boy's parents, Edward and Berna Acuna, and to all those involved.

"It's tragic," Wagner said.

A GoFundMe account has been created for the family.

The siblings were playing on the non-rebound pillow with their parents shortly after 6 pm. The parents left the pillow just before a gust of wind, measured at 59 km / h, and then moved and inflated the inflatable boat from its moorings, lifting it to an altitude of 30 to 40 feet, said Nick Monnier. , responsible for fire safety in Raymond.

The girl was thrown to about thirty meters, but the pillow wrapped the boy "like a taco shell," said Monnier, who trapped him. He landed about 40 meters away.

Raymond's first responders arrived at the scene four minutes later, Monnier said. The Valparaiso fire department also participated in the call.

It was originally reported that three children had been injured during the accident. Believing this, Monnier and other rescuers searched the area, including around another big bounce house, which was blasted over 100 yards by the same gust of wind, before people on the spot inform them that he had no more.

Wagner called the wind gust "unusual" and said that the rebound protection had been fixed.

The Star Journal does not know what brand of airbags JK's had.

A website for Inflatable 2000, a leading manufacturer of pillows and anti-kickbacks, warns that inflatable tires should never be used when wind speeds exceed 20 mph.

The National Weather Service had issued a wind advisory Wednesday afternoon, warning gusts of up to 60 mph. The winds during the day have always exceeded 20 mph.

Inflatable tires are not regulated by the Nebraska Department of Labor, which inspects and authorizes other rides in accordance with the Nebraska Attractions Act.

In August, the Lancaster County Council approved an entertainment license for the pumpkin patch, which is open to the public on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The pumpkin patch was not open to the public on Wednesday.

The JK Pumpkin Patch carries the required liability insurance of Western Agricultural Insurance Co., in accordance with its license application.

The owners of the fix did not immediately respond to a call requesting a comment.

JK's was closed the previous weekend for security reasons in the face of the rain forecast.

The patch is not in the city limits of Lincoln. The city is asking people who organize events in local parks to stop the use of bounce houses in bad weather or bad weather, which is defined by the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department law as a rain, snow or winds above 15 mph.

According to press reports, jump bases and bounce houses have made headlines in recent years as a result of other incidents endangering people, injuring adults and children.

A 2015 report from the Consumer Product Safety Commission found that more than 113,000 people were injured as a result of these inflatable games between 2003 and 2012.

Twelve deaths were reported during this period, according to the commission.

About 61 percent of the injured were children between the ages of 4 and 15, and most injuries were to members, the report said.

Leaked flight accidents are rare, but give the inflatable games industry a black eye, said Kevin Baldree, a Texas-based airport owner, Boston Globe and Stateline last year.

The Globe-Stateline survey revealed that, despite the increase in the number of injuries, the regulation of these attractions varied considerably from one state to the other.

Injuries resulting from other accidents are more common, often as a result of sudden games or tire falls on a hard surface, according to the article.