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| Girl dies after bouncy castle incident in Norfolk | Girl dies after bouncy castle incident in Norfolk |
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| A girl has died after apparently being thrown from a bouncy castle on a beach, Norfolk police have said. | |
| Officers were called to Lower Esplanade, Gorleston, at about 11.15am on Sunday. She was taken to the James Paget hospital but died from her injuries. | |
| Police said next of kin had been informed and were being supported by specialist officers. | Police said next of kin had been informed and were being supported by specialist officers. |
| A police spokeswoman said: “A joint investigation between the Health and Safety Executive, local authority and police has been launched to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident and a police cordon has been put in place at the scene whilst inquiries continue.” | A police spokeswoman said: “A joint investigation between the Health and Safety Executive, local authority and police has been launched to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident and a police cordon has been put in place at the scene whilst inquiries continue.” |
| A woman who said she witnessed the incident wrote on Facebook that the victim was a four-year-old girl. | |
| Kara Longshaw said: “Just seen the most horrific thing in my life. A bouncy castle exploded at the beach and the child on it was catapulted about 20ft into the air. Please do not allow your children on a bouncy castle in this heat.” | |
| She said she was heartbroken to hear the girl had died. | |
| In May, two fairground workers were found guilty of the manslaughter by gross negligence of seven-year-old girl Summer Grant, from Norwich, who died after a bouncy castle blew away with her inside it in Harlow, Essex, in March 2016. | |
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