Zane Gardam News Today

A school event in Australia turned tragic this week when strong winds lifted a bouncy castle filled with children 32 feet in the air, killing five.

Anna Davis lost her son Alby after he choked on a bouncy ball he was gifted for his fourth birthday at his home in Wynyard, Tasmania, in 2018.

Devonport Mayor Annette Rockcliff has described the terrible ripple effect the Hillcrest Primary School jumping castle tragedy will have. Everyone knows somebody, she told Sunrise.

The commemorative towel was produced to mark the end of the Hillcrest Primary School year which was being celebrated when the tragedy unfolded - but has become a gut-wrenching reminder of it.

Tasmania Police released the names and photos of each child who died in the jumping castle tragedy at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, Tasmania, on Thursday.

Addison Stewart, 11, and Zane Gardam, 12, died in hospital from their injuries on Thursday after falling from a height of up to 10m in Australia.

Jumping castles had been safely erected in schools just down the road of the deadly Hillcrest Primary disaster. 

The sixth-grade kids involved in the accident were celebrating the last day of school with their families.

The tragedy unfolded during a graduation celebration at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport on Thursday when a mini tornado blew a jumping castle 10 metres into the air.