2-year-old dies after wind tosses pumpkin patch bounce pad more than 30 feet in air

Two-year-old Caleb Acuna has died after winds tossed the bounce pad he was on at a pumpkin farm just north of Lincoln, the Lancaster County Sheriff confirms.Caleb Acuna and his sister, Arra Acuna, 5, were seriously injured Wednesday evening after a bounce pad they were jumping on at a pumpkin patch was picked up by the wind and sent more than 30 feet into the air, according to reports.The girl was thrown off the pad when the wind took it and she broke her arm, KOLN-TV reported. The boy became trapped within the inflatable and was sent into the air with it, landing more than 40 yards away."The mother and the 5-year-old girl were tossed-off the bounce pad when the wind gust hit," Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner said. The pad folded over the little boy, carrying him away."He was kind of trapped inside the the bounce pad. When it tumbled," Wagner said.Officials say Caleb was taken off life support around 12:45 p.m. Thursday.Amanda Kadavy and her husband, Josh, operate JK's Pumpkin Patch on their family farm."(The wind) came up from out of nowhere," she told the Kearney Hub. "We're asking for prayers for the (injured) children and the support of the community."According to a report from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, there were more than 113,000 emergency department-related injuries associated with inflatable amusements between 2003 and 2013, including 12 deaths.A GoFundMe.com account has been established on behalf of the family.

Two-year-old Caleb Acuna has died after winds tossed the bounce pad he was on at a pumpkin farm just north of Lincoln, the Lancaster County Sheriff confirms.



Caleb Acuna and his sister, Arra Acuna, 5, were seriously injured Wednesday evening after a bounce pad they were jumping on at a pumpkin patch was picked up by the wind and sent more than 30 feet into the air, according to reports.


The girl was thrown off the pad when the wind took it and she broke her arm, KOLN-TV reported. The boy became trapped within the inflatable and was sent into the air with it, landing more than 40 yards away.

"The mother and the 5-year-old girl were tossed-off the bounce pad when the wind gust hit," Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner said.

The pad folded over the little boy, carrying him away.

"He was kind of trapped inside the the bounce pad. When it tumbled," Wagner said.

Officials say Caleb was taken off life support around 12:45 p.m. Thursday.



Amanda Kadavy and her husband, Josh, operate JK's Pumpkin Patch on their family farm.

"(The wind) came up from out of nowhere," she told the Kearney Hub. "We're asking for prayers for the (injured) children and the support of the community."



According to a report from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, there were more than 113,000 emergency department-related injuries associated with inflatable amusements between 2003 and 2013, including 12 deaths.

A GoFundMe.com account has been established on behalf of the family.