Young Girl Dies After Being Thrown 20ft Into The Air (Photo)

Posted by Thandiubani on Mon 02nd Jul, 2018 - tori.ng

A girl has lost her life while playing with friends at a beach after she was thrown 20ft into the air.

Scene where the incident happened

A child has died after being thrown from a bouncy castle while playing on a beach in England.

Witnesses claimed the inflatable ‘exploded’ while she used it on Gorleston Beach in Norfolk at around 11am this morning. One witness on social media claimed the girl was thrown ’20ft in the air’.

Norfolk Police confirmed she had died in hospital after being treated at the scene.

They said officers were called to Lower Esplanade, Gorleston around 11.15am. Lifeboat crews and nearby witnesses battled in vain to save the ‘seriously injured’ youngster, who later died in the James Paget Hospital. The East of England Ambulance Service said it received more than a dozen calls about the incident.

A spokeswoman said: ‘We attended the incident this morning at Gorleston beach, involving a patient using inflatable equipment.

More than a dozen calls were received at just after 11am, and several people at the scene including the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) were providing assistance to the patient.

‘Several of our teams were dispatched, with the first on scene in four minutes.

The young female was seriously injured and in cardiac arrest on our arrival, and was conveyed to James Paget Hospital.

‘Sadly, despite all the of the efforts and interventions, she was pronounced deceased. ‘We would like to thank everyone who rushed to respond the young patient, and did everything possible to give her treatment and care. Our thoughts are with the family at this time.’

A joint investigation between the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), local authority and police has been launched into the circumstances around the incident.