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Winds Toss Ga. Kids Off Slide
Provided By: Gannett News Service
Emergency workers took seven children to the hospital after they were thrown off an inflatable slide as it was toppled by high winds. One adult was also injured in the incident at a central Georgia school on Friday, according to hospital spokeswoman Janie Pullnot.
Central Fellowship Christian Academy administrator Truitt Franklin said some kindergarten children were on the slide when a wind gust blew it over. The so-called "funnel cloud" threw the children into the air. They landed on the ground while the wind blew the slide hundreds of yards across the field.
The owner of the inflatable equipment said in her 10 years of business, this has never happened.
"The small, I guess it's a tornado, picked up everything, five inflatables, these are heavy, these inflatables weigh 800 pounds, an 800-pound slide. It picked it up from that building and carried it in the air all the way to this fence that's the length of 2 football field, probably 200 yards."
The school rented the inflatable equipment from a company in Bonaire called Kathy's Rock, Inc. All of the inflatables were staked to the ground, the owner said.
One of the students was admitted to the Medical Center of Central Georgia for treatment. The other five children and the adult were in good condition, according to spokeswoman Janie Pullnot.