5-Year-Old Killed, Another Child Injured After Wind Gust Sends Bounce House Airborne at Baseball Game

5-Year-Old Killed, Another Child Injured After Wind Gust Sends Bounce House Airborne at Baseball Game
A 5-year-old boy died on Aug. 2, 2024, when a group of children were playing in a bounce house that went airborne in Waldorf, Maryland. Marie Ragano/TMX via CNN Newscource
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WALDORF, Md.—One child was killed and another was injured after a wind gust blew a bounce house into the air at a baseball game in Maryland on Friday night, local officials said.

Local emergency personnel received a call in Waldorf, Maryland, at about 9:21 p.m. Friday from the Regency Furniture Stadium reporting that a moon bounce house became airborne because of a wind gust while children were inside.