5-year-old killed and a second child injured after a bounce house goes airborne during Maryland baseball game

Sara Smart, CNN

(CNN) — A 5-year-old boy died and different kid was injured erstwhile a bounce location they were wrong went airborne during a shot crippled successful Maryland connected Friday night, authorities said.

The bounce location flew onto nan playing section astatine Regency Furniture Stadium, successful Waldorf, arsenic nan Southern Maryland Blue Crabs shot squad was playing, according to a news merchandise from Charles County officials.

A group of children were wrong nan bounce location erstwhile a gust of upwind sent it flying “approximately 15 to 20 feet up successful nan air,” Charles County officials said. The children who were wrong fell earlier nan bounce location landed connected nan field, according to nan news release.

Onsite aesculapian responders instantly tended to nan children, pinch thief from trainers from nan shot squad and attendees of nan game, authorities said.

The 5-year-old boy was taken to a section children’s infirmary wherever he was later pronounced dead, and different kid sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was flown retired to nan hospital, nan merchandise says.

The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs postponed their Saturday nighttime crippled owed to nan incident.

“Our thoughts and prayers are pinch nan affected families and nan Southern Maryland organization during this difficult time,” nan squad said successful a connection posted to Facebook.

Charles County Government Commission President Reuben B. Collins II besides expressed his condolences and thanked first responders.

“We widen our deepest empathy to nan children and their families during this difficult time,” Collins said.

Waldorf is located astir 28 miles southbound of Washington, DC.

CNN’s Yan Kaner contributed to this report

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