Jumping Castle Operator Charged Over Hillcrest Tragedy

Emergency services personnel work the scene of a deadly incident involved with a bouncy castle at the Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, Tasmania, on Dec. 16, 2021. Grant Wells/AAP Image via AP

A jumping castle operator has been charged with breaching workplace safety laws following the deaths of six primary school students in Tasmania.

Chace Harrison, Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones, Zane Mellor, Addison Stewart, Jye Sheehan and Peter Dodt died after a jumping castle was lifted into the air at Hillcrest Primary School on Dec. 16, 2021.