Bounce House Floats 15 Feet Into Air With Children, Left 3 Kids Injured

Bounce house floats 15 feet into air on Monday afternoon, May 12. The bounce house floats 50 feet into air with children still in it, and reports say the incident has left three children with injuries.

According to the Associated Press, two boys from New York were left hospitalized after the bounce house floats 15 feet into air with the children. A strong gust of wind reportedly blew the inflatable bounce house off the ground and took it to about 50 feet in the air. The children were still playing inside the bounce house when the incident happened.

The Post-Star of Glens Falls reports that according to the police, a 10-year-old girl and two boys of the ages 5 and 6 were in the structure. The bounce house floats 15 feet into air at a South Glens Falls townhouse community when it reportedly broke loose from the stakes holding it down.

As it became airborne, officers said the girl was situated near the door of the 10-foot-by10-foot toy when she fell. The girl suffered from minor scrapes. Meanwhile, the boys rolled off from the bounce house as it was floating 15 feet off the ground. The Post-Star reported that one of the boys landed on a parked car while the other fell onto asphalt.

One woman said of the bounce house floats 15 feet into air incident, "It was like a horror movie. It just kept going up and up. It cleared our building and the trees."

NBC Washington reports that strong winds blew the bounce house from the front of an apartment complex and took it more than 50 feet in the air. It also went into the field of a nearby school.

Bounce house floats 15 feet into air Monday afternoon. By Tuesday morning, AP reports that both boys were still hospitalized Tuesday morning. other information on the children's injuries and conditions hasn't been released.

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