Four children injured in jumping castle accident at home in Bradfield, Sydney

Four children injured in jumping castle accident at home in Bradfield, Sydney

Four children have been taken to hospital after a jumping castle was blown away over a neighbouring fence.

Police and paramedics were called to a home on Kelvin Park Dr in Bradfield, south-western Sydney, about 9.35am on Saturday after a jumping castle became detached.

Five children — three aged nine and a 12 and 13-year-old — were assessed by paramedics.

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It’s believed all were boys, NSW Ambulance told 7NEWS.com.au. They were all conscious and breathing.

Four were taken to the Children’s Hospital at Westmead with non-life-threatening injuries in stable conditions.

SafeWork NSW are at the scene.

In December 2021, six children were killed in a primary school jumping castle accident in Tasmania.

Zane Mellor, Peter Dodt, Addison Stewart, Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones, Jye Sheehan and Chace Harrison died after the incident at Hillcrest Primary School when a gust lifted the castle into the air.

In June a court dismissed a workplace safety charge against the jumping castle operator.

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