Pictured: Tragic 'dinosaur lover' boy, 5, who died when strong winds lifted bounce house he was playing in 20ft in the air and dumped it inside baseball stadium

The five-year-old 'dinosaur lover' boy who died aft beardown winds lifted a bounce location he was playing successful 20ft into nan aerial earlier launching it into a shot stadium has been pictured.

The tragic incident took spot astatine astir 9:12pm connected Friday aft nan inflatable filled pinch children came crashing down onto a section during a Southern Maryland Blue Crabs crippled successful Waldorf, Charles County.

The bounce location had been group up for children's intermezo astatine Regency Furniture Stadium, but successful a freak move of events, a gust of upwind carried it into nan entity and complete a wall earlier dropping it onto nan section mid-game.

Local emergency services were already stationed astatine nan crippled and on pinch trainers and aesculapian personnel, they were capable to scramble to nan segment instantly.

Five-year-old Declan Hicks from La Plata, was airlifted to a children's infirmary via a authorities constabulary chopper but was later pronounced dead, nan region said. Another kid was besides dashed to infirmary pinch non-life-threatening injuries.

Following his death, a GoFundMe was group up successful representation of nan young boy successful a bid to support his distraught family.

'It is said that being a genitor is hard, but thing is harder than losing a child, particularly successful thing truthful guiltless that nary genitor would expect. 

'That time family, friends, and nan world mislaid a dinosaur lover, ninja turtle fan, and crazy sock wearing (with boots!) 5-year-old, Declan Hicks,' nan heartbreaking station read.

'Declan was a portion of nan Blessed Lambs Preschool family for 3 years. He was a very typical small boy who brought ray and laughter to everyone who had nan pleasance of knowing him. To cognize him was to emotion him. 

'He was a awesome friend, and a instrumentality favourite successful his 4-year-old classroom, not conscionable pinch different children but pinch his teachers. Our bosom aches for his family and our schoolhouse family.

'We cognize that nary money tin bring backmost this awesome small life but dream to thief his family navigate done this difficult time.

'Declan was not conscionable a boy but a relative and loved truthful overmuch by his family. We cognize that surrounding them pinch emotion and support during this clip would beryllium greatly appreciated'.

The La Plata Blue Knights Football and Cheerleading Organization besides took to Facebook to salary tribute to nan personnel of their emblem shot team.

'We would for illustration to return this clip to mourn nan nonaccomplishment of #9 Declan Hicks, a personnel of our emblem shot team, who was taken acold to soon arsenic a consequence of Friday's incident astatine Blue Crabs Stadium,' they wrote.

'We connection our sincerest condolences to his parents, family, friends, coaches and teammates.

'The LaPlata Blue Knights will beryllium dedicating this up coming autumn season, to nan representation of Declan. All emblem players and cheerleaders will deterioration a spot and each tackle shot players will person his number connected their helmets. 

'We are highly thankful that each squad successful SMYAC has offered to grant Declan by having their players deterioration his number, arsenic well.

'Always successful our hearts and everlastingly a Blue Knight, remainder successful grant Declan'.

The Blue Crabs person cancelled their upcoming crippled and are offering counseling to nan devastated families.

Courtney Knichel, General Manager of nan Blue Crabs, said: 'Our full statement shares our condolences pinch nan family mourning nan nonaccomplishment of a child, and interest for nan kid who was injured.'

'Our thoughts and prayers are pinch them all,' she added.

Footage of nan incident captured nan deflated, upside-down bounce location successful nan shot section arsenic shocked players and onlookers gathered to make consciousness of what had happened.

Witnesses said nan inflatable had been secured by stakes hammered into nan ground, according to NBC Washington.

In a statement, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs wide head Courtney Knichel said nan squad 'shares our condolences pinch nan family mourning nan nonaccomplishment of a child, and interest for nan kid who was injured. Our thoughts and prayers are pinch them all.' 

Bounce houses origin galore injuries each year, pinch astatine slightest 28 deaths and 479 injuries owed to wind-related bounce location accidents from 2021 to 2022, according to a study from nan University of Georgia.