Sydney: The Australian authorities on Friday continued to investigate the deaths of five children after the casual jumped to the air from strong winds on the celebration of the year-end when condolences flowed into a small coastal city that grieved.
Three boys and a 12-year-old girl, and a 11-year-old girl died in an accident that saw children falling 10 meters (33 feet) to the ground in a school in Devonport in the state of Tasmania Island.
Three more children remain in the hospital.
It was one of the deadly Australian accidents involving an entertainment ride.
“The tragedy that occurred yesterday was beyond understanding.
It was destroyed, heartbreaking.
It was only incomprehensible,” said the State Premier of Tasmania Peter Gutwein told reporters on Friday.
About 40 students take part in the celebration when strong winds are reported to cause jumping castles and some inflatable zorb balls – large inflatable balls that can be tethered by people in the air.
The police said they would join the workforce safety investigators to investigate how high the casual jumped, whether all the injured children were inside, the direction of the wind and whether and how the jump castle was tethered to the ground.
They also released the names of the dead: Addison Stewart (11), Zane Mellor (12), Jye Sheehan (12), Jayne-Maree Jones (12) and Peter Dodt (12).
Meanwhile, the flowers gathered near the location of the accident because the community leaders said the city was around 23,000 people struggling to process the incident.
“We are still trying to get our heads how we can lose these children,” said Devonport Mayor Annette Rockliff to Australian Broadcasting Corp.
“Everyone knows someone (affected) and we have seen people wrap their arms with each other.
And support each other.
I know it will continue.” ($ 1 = 1.3933 Australian dollars)