Jumping castle injuries: Children hospitalised in NSW, Victoria after inflatable incidents in wild weather

A total of five children have been injured in separate incidents of jumping castles becoming airborne in just one day.

New South Wales ambulance crews were called to a property in Banksia in Sydney’s south after an inflatable structure was picked up by a gust of wind at approximately 1.20pm on Saturday.

The two children, who are believed to be pre-school aged, suffered head injuries and were rushed to Sydney Children’s Hospital by paramedics.

An infant suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital, alongside a woman is reported to have also been hospitalised with minor injuries.

All three children are believed to be in a stable condition.

Sydney copped the brunt of wild winds on Saturday, with gusts of up to 80km/h recorded at Sydney Airport.

Another two children were rushed to hospital after the inflatable jumping castle was also flown into the air by a wind gust in Mount Duneed in Victoria just before 11am on Saturday.

The two children fell from the jumping castle after an abrupt gust of wind caused the inflatable to fly into the air.

Reports suggest both Advanced Life Support and Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance paramedics attended the scene, and the children were rushed to hospital for treatment.

“Two primary school aged children have been transported to Geelong University Hospital by road ambulance with upper body injuries in a stable condition,” an Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said.

There were multiple other children on the jumping castle at the time of the incident, who managed to escape injury.

The incidents comes almost five years after six children were killed after the jumping castle they were playing on lifted into the air at Hillcrest Primary School in Tasmania.

The children fell from a height of 10 metres in the tragedy.