Ukrainian police say the accident happened when the child was playing inside a rubber ‘trampoline’ at a children’s amusement park in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, and ‘stuck’ in the rings of the inflatable object.
Serhi Shekhet, the district police chief, said the child died of suffocation, according to Fox News.
The trampoline owner, 45, was arrested in connection with the incident.
Natalia Kuchinska, a close friend of the victim’s mother, told Ukrainian media that three employees “were on the phone when the accident happened”.
“There were three girls (employees) near the trampoline who were supposed to watch the kids. But instead they sat with their backs to the trampoline, using their phones,” Koczynska said.
She said amusement park goers tried to save the child, but her death was later announced. Police are still investigating the incident.
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