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A Tasmanian company has been charged over the 2021 tragedy in which six Tasmanian schoolchildren were killed when the bouncy castle they were playing in was picked up by freak winds.
It happened at Hillcrest Primary School, in the state’s north, during an end of school year event in 2021.
The company, Taz-Zorb, has been charged with allegedly failing to comply with a health and safety duty in a way that exposed the children to a risk of death or serious injury.
Tasmania’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said the charges have come about after a lengthy investigation carried out by WorkSafe Tasmania.
“A large number of documents have been prepared and considered by the investigators and the DPP in order to reach this decision,” DPP Daryl Coates said in a statement on Friday.
“Throughout the last year I have continued to meet with the families of the children who died or were injured in this incident and would again like to express my condolences to each of them.”
He added there will be no further comment while the matter is before the courts.
Zane Mellor, Peter Dodt, Jalailah Jayne-Marie Jones, Addison Stewart, Jye Sheehan, and Chace Harrison, all Year 5 or 6 students at Hillcrest Primary, were killed after being flung about 10m into the air while inside the inflatable bounce house on December 16, 2021.
Three other students were badly injured but survived after spending days in hospital.
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