With permission from their families, police have released the identities of five children killed in a horror jumping castle accident in Tasmania yesterday as the tight-knit community mourns the tragedy. ❤️ 9News About the children:
Police have released the identities of five children killed in a horror jumping castle accident in Tasmania yesterday as the tight-knit community mourns the tragedy.
There were close to 40 grade five and six students taking part in the end-of-term activities at Hillcrest Primary School when the accident occurred.Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones was among those killed. She was 12. Three children are still fighting for their lives at the Royal Hobart Hospital, and one child was this morning discharged from hospital to recover at home."It just hurts... knowing I won't be able to see him again," Peter's sister Chloe told 9News.
In an online fundraiser, a family remember of Addison wrote: "Everyone is devastated, she was always such a sweet kind, old soul."12-year-old Jye Sheehan, seen here in his school photo, died in the jumping castle accident.
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