‘Our whole organization shares our sorrow with the family grieving the death of a child, and worry for the youngster who was hurt.’ Courtney Knichel, General Manager of the Blue Crabs; They are all in our prayers and thoughts, she continued.
As astonished players and spectators gathered to make sense of what had occurred, footage of the event showed the deflated, upside-down bounce house on the baseball field.
Reports from eyewitnesses indicated that the inflatable was fastened to the ground using pegs driven into the earth, as reported by NBC Washington.
Courtney Knichel, general manager of the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, addressed the team’s “shared condolences with the family mourning the loss of a child and concern for the child who was injured” in a statement. They are all in our prayers and thoughts.
From 2021 to 2022, a research conducted by the University of Georgia found that at least 28 people died and 479 were injured in bounce house incidents caused by wind. This statistic highlights the serious problem of bounce house safety.
