4 children dead after wind lifts bouncy castle 32 feet into the air in Australia

Four children died in Australia on Thursday when wind lifted the bouncy castle they were in about 30 feet into the air, local police said.

HONG KONG -- Four children died in Australia on Thursday when wind lifted the bouncy castle they were in about 32 feet into the air, local police said.

Nine children were in the castle at about 10 a.m. local time when it fell to the ground, Tasmania Police said in a statement. The students at Hillcrest Primary School had been celebrating the end of the school year, the statement said.

“On a day where these children were meant to be celebrating their last day at primary school, instead we are all mourning their loss,” Police Commissioner Darren Hine said.

Two girls and two boys were killed, police said. Another five children were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries, police said. The students were in 5th and 6th grade, officials said.