A three-year old boy playing in a 6,000-square-foot inflatable playground during a birthday party was killed with two adults playing “King of the Hill” fell onto the boy’s head and caused severe head trauma.
Jacob Pierce of Longview, Wash. was jumping on the inflatable toy at Hoppin’ Houses in Castle Rock, Wash., when the accident occurred. Witnesses said Pierce was hit in the head by an adult’s elbow, knee or shoulder.
Paramedics found Jacob bleeding from the nose and mouth. The boy suffered traumatic head injuries and was pronounced dead at St. John's Medical Center in Longview. The Cowlitz County coroner informed the family the boy died at the scene and did not suffer when an elbow or knee crushed his skull.
"The men shouldn't have been in there,” Rebecca Pierce, the boy’s mother, said. “You need to have more supervision there than just an 18-year-old sitting at the counter," reported KOMORadio.com in Seattle.
However, the mother is the one with the guilt. "I'm in charge of that child," she said. "I was supposed to watch that child."
A cousin of the boy visited Hoppin’ Houses later that day and discovered the restaurant was open for business and hosting another birthday party. According to the Pierce family, patrons had covered her son's blood with a mat before hosting the next party. The family who held that party claimed they were not told of the fatal accident.
NWCN.com reported Pierce signed a waiver liability release before the party., which is standard business practice according to he web site. Hoppin’ Houses did not have a permit to operate as an amusement facility and has been closed, NWCN.com added.
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