Bouncy castle blows across motorway with terrified child inside in stomach-churning clip (Copy)
The inflatable castle took off with two children still on it and flew onto a busy road which had a three lane carriageway. Fortunately the terrified kids managed to escape after the incident
This is the stomach-churning moment a bouncy castle blew across busy motorway with a terrified child still inside
Footage captured from an aerial viewpoint shows what happened when a strong gust of wind suddenly threw the inflatable into a three-lane carriageway and an astonished onlooker captured the moment on their mobile phone. It shows how one little child is dropped onto the pavement as the bouncy castle is swept into oncoming traffic.
A car only just cleared it by inches and the the unmoored inflatable rolled over on the tarmac. It then tumbled towards the central reservation while another little boy is dumped onto the road. The shocked lad picks himself up and runs back to the pavement in front of slow-moving cars. The air-filled structure is stopped in its tracks by a lamppost and a billboard in Kuwait, yards from the sea.
A car had a near miss with the bouncy castle which had two kids on it when it flew away
A concerned adult is seen running towards the scene at the end of the short video. One local said: "A natural result for someone whose only concern in life is seeking bargains and has never thought about quality. Another responded and said: "It has nothing to do with quality. They simply didn't secure it to the ground properly." And Abdulrahman was grateful the children had not been hurt in the inflatable drama. He said: "Thank God for their safety."
Earlier this year The Mirror reported on two boys who were hurt after a bouncy castle was blown away during 'freak' strong winds. The boys, aged five and six, were thrown from the inflatable as it reached at least 15 feet into the air in South Glens Fall, New York. One of the boys even landed was swept onto a parked car.
One child was dropped onto the pavement as the bouncy castle is swept into oncoming traffic (
The six-year-old suffered a serious head injury while the younger boy broke both arms after being tossed from the bouncy castle. Witness Taylor Seymour told the Post-Star: "It was like a horror movie - it just kept going up and up. It cleared our building and the trees." She said the wind "picked the structure up and spun it around, as if it was in a small tornado". A 10-year-old girl who was also inside the runaway toy was thrown from it shortly after take-off. The giant inflatable reached around 50 feet into the air before landing in the fields of a nearby school, police said.
Patrolman David Gifford said: "It was just a freak accident." And in another incident in May 2018 a bouncy castle flipped upside down as it was blown away by a huge gust of wind killing a six-year-old boy and injuring several others. Dramatic footage showed the large inflatable being swept away by the wild weather in a public square.