A 4-year-old girl died of suffocation while playing in a bouncy castle on the weekend of May 12. Custodial staff were distracted by their phones.
Tragedy! This sad story took place in an amusement park from the city of Mykolaiv, in southern Ukraine, on the weekend of May 12. In effect, a 4 year old girlValeria, was found dead, tangled in the ropes bouncy castle. It was the assistants of the amusement park who discovered the unfortunate. It is his motherAnna, who had asked them to check on her if she was okay because she was worried that she hadn’t heard her daughter’s laughter for a while.
“Anna first thought that Valeria had passed out while playing in the heat and tried to wake her up“, said Natalia Kuchynska, a close friend of the family. While one person was trying to save Valeria, another person called an ambulance. “There were no paramedics to provide first aid on site. Someone brought in dentists from a nearby clinic“, had explained Natalia Kuchynska. Unfortunately, when help arrived, it was already too late for the little girl.
The little girl had asked her mother to play a little more
Anna, the bereaved mother, relives with regret this horrible day. Indeed, mother and daughter were about to go home when little Valeria begged her mother to let her play for a few more minutes. Can’t say no to her daughter, Anna then went to the parents’ area where the view was obstructed. According to the police, the three staff members responsible for the child were distracted by their phones. The owner of the bouncy castle was arrested by the police. He risks up to eight years in prison. The case is still ongoing.