/ 20 December 2021

Death toll reaches 6 in Devonport

Image source: AAP
Image source: AAP

Eleven-year-old Chace Harrison died in hospital yesterday – he became the 6th fatality from Tassie’s jumping castle tragedy. He was 11yo. Since we last spoke, authorities have named the victims who died on Thursday: Addison Stewart (11yo), Zane Mellor (12yo), Jye Sheehan (12yo), Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones (12yo), Peter Dodt (12yo). They were Grade 5/6 students at Hillcrest Primary School attending an end-of-year fun day. Police also confirmed that 9 children fell from a height of about 10m when the jumping castle was launched into the air. One child was released from hospital on Friday morning, and 2 others remain in a critical condition. Tasmanian Police, WorkSafe Tasmania and the coroner have begun an investigation into the incident that is expected to take “quite some time.”

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