bounce house goes airborne

[Randy]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42398405/ns/us_news-life/





TUCSON, Ariz. — Authorities in southern Arizona say a boy and a girl were seriously injured after strong wind lifted the children's bounce house they were in and deposited it on a road.



Trish Tracy of the Tucson fire department told KNXV-TV the play house was blown across three lanes of traffic and landed on a median Saturday.



Tracy says the children suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries.



The National Weather Service says the incident was caused by a weather phenomenon known as a dust devil, in which a column of air can rotate up to 60 mph.



It was the second such incident this year in the area. Officials in Marana, Ariz., say a 10-year-old girl hurt her head in February when she fell out of a bounce house lifted by wind.

 

[Jazzy]

Bounce house injuries are more common than parents realize, according to incidences of injuries and studies that have been conducted including one conducted by the Children’s Hospital Level I Trauma Center in Los Angeles, California.



The 4 ½ year study data showed more than 4,000 children have been injured and seen in the trauma center. Two thirds of the most common injuries involved fractures of the upper extremities.



Taken from: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/02/prweb5094564.htm



IMO, these bounce houses should be banned!