Two children hospitalised after jumping castle lifts off ground at birthday party
Posted Sat 5 Sep 2026 at 4:58pmSat 5 Sep 2026 at 4:58pmSat 5 Sep 2026 at 4:58pm
Two children have been taken to hospital after a jumping castle was lifted into the air during high winds in Victoria’s south-west this morning.
Victoria Police said the incident took place at a children’s birthday party at a home in Lower Duneed Road in Mount Duneed, near Geelong, shortly before 11am.
“Two children were thrown from the jumping castle and taken to hospital by road,” a spokesperson said.
“A large number of other children also playing on the jumping castle at the time escaped injury.”
Ambulance Victoria said a mobile intensive care ambulance and advanced life support paramedics attended the scene.
“Two primary-school-aged children were transported to Geelong University Hospital, a boy and a girl both with upper body injuries in stable conditions,” it said in a statement.
In December 2021, six children died and three others were seriously injured after a freak wind lifted a jumping castle into the air at a primary school in Devonport, Tasmania.
A coronial inquest into the Hillcrest tragedy will begin later this month.