An eight-year-old girl has tragically died after a strong wind lifted up a bouncy castle she was playing on in Spain.
The youngster was rushed to La Fe Hospital in Valencia after the bouncy castle flew several feet into the air and she hit her head on hard ground as she landed.
But she sadly died 12 hours after the tragedy on Tuesday in Mislata, Valencia, which also left eight children injured.
A younger girl aged four was seriously injured and remains in hospital.
Seven other youngsters were hurt and required hospital treatment although their injuries were mostly described as non-serious.
A police investigation is now underway to ascertain whether the incident was linked to any negligence.
Mislata’s mayor Carlos Fernandez Bielsa said: “It will be up to the police to determine what has happened.”
A spokesman for local firefighters, who attended the scene along with police and paramedics, said ahead of news one of the youngsters involved had died: “Several children have been assisted by paramedics following an incident involving a bouncy castle in Mislata.
“We have checked the structure to make sure there were no other minors beneath it and rule out anyone being trapped.”
Mislata Town Hall said in a statement after learning of the death: “Following the tragic incident last night/on Tuesday night, we have declared a period of official mourning until January 7 because of the death of one of the girls involved.
“We would like to transmit our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the youngster who lost her life. She was only eight years old.”
It also announced it was suspending a scheduled Three Kings Day parade.
A similar incident in Australia last month killed six children aged 11 and 12.
Chace Harrison became the sixth youngster to die of his injuries after his life support was switched off at a Hobart Hospital on December 19.
He was among nine students who fell 32 feet from an inflatable castle when it was lifted up by wind at a school fair in Devonport, Tasmania.
The other five children who lost their lives have been named as 11-year-old Addison Stewart, and 12-year-olds Zane Mellor, Jye Sheehan, Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones, and Peter Dodt.
