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Police investigate girl's death on bouncy castle at Easter fair Essex


Police have launched an investigation into how a bouncy castle at an Easter fair lifted off the ground and blew 150 metres away, killing a seven-year-old girl playing inside.


Essex police said the inquiry into the incident at Harlow town park on Saturday would be lengthy and wide-ranging, taking in advice from scientists on the prevailing weather conditions and the robustness of the inflatable.

Emergency services were called to the park shortly after 4pm to reports that a girl had been seriously injured. She was treated by ambulance crews and taken to Princess Alexandra hospital, where she later died.

She was identified on Sunday as Summer Blackie. A family spokesman speaking from the doorstep of a terraced house in Harlow, less than two miles from the park, said the family were devastated and asked for privacy.

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