Immediate family members have kept watch by the children’s bedside since the tragedy occurred at Devonport’s Hillcrest Primary School on Thursday. MartaPascual3 cassieemorgan
Three children are clinging to life at Royal Hobart Hospital after the Tasmanian jumping castle tragedy, which has claimed the lives of five students, as details emerge about how it happened.
The children had been playing in the jumping castle at an end-of year party at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, in northern Tasmania, on Thursday.Zane’s mother Georgina Gardam visited the school on Saturday with her son’s PlayStation controller and school shirt in hand. Zane’s grandfather, Richard Gardam, clutched his grandson’s pillow. “He was a fun-loving kid, he loved animals,” he said. “I’m missing him terribly.
He is one of nine children taken to hospital with serious injuries following the incident. Five have since died. Three, including Chace, remain in intensive care and one has been discharged and is recovering at home.
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