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Bounce house takes flight with children inside it

File photo. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

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File photo. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
By Jared Leone, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Oct 16, 2017

A gust of wind sent a bounce house with several children still in it airborne, throwing it 50 feet before it landed in a corn maze Sunday.

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A 76-year-old woman who was standing nearby was struck by the bounce house and dragged about 20 feet, according to the Niagara County Sheriff's Office. She was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Several children were treated for minor injuries at the scene.

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