A two-year-old Spanish girl has died and three other children left injured after bouncing into an electrified fence while on a local fairground trampoline.
The young children are believed to have accidentally touched or brushed against a metal mesh fence that surrounded the trampoline and had an unearthed electric current running through it.
Paramedics in the small village of Alquerías, near the city of Murcia in southern Spain, were called to the scene in the early hours of Sunday morning following reports of several injuries.
Despite desperate attempts to resuscitate the two-year-old for up to an hour, she was tragically declared dead following the fatal electric shock.
Following the devastating incident, local witnesses said that the girl, who is unnamed, had been found unconscious and bleeding from her nose.
Meanwhile, an eight-year-old girl and two boys aged 11 and 12, also suffered electric shocks, but are said to be recovering.
One 29-year-old woman was also treated for an anxiety attack after witnessing the incident.
Spain’s Civil Guard police sealed off the fairground and said they have now opened an investigation into negligence and involuntary manslaughter.
A two-year-old Spanish girl has died and three other children left injured after hitting an electrified fence while bouncing on a local fairground trampoline (pictured) in the village of Alquerías, near the city of Murcia
Paramedics were called to the scene (pictured) in the early hours of Sunday morning. However, despite desperate attempts to resuscitate the two-year-old for up to an hour, she was tragically declared dead following the fatal electric shock
The ongoing investigation will seek to determine whether the attraction was safely connected to the electrical network.
Following the tragic incident, Murcia City Council declared three days of official mourning and have also suspended all planned festival events.
In 2022, eight-year-old Cayetana, and Vera, aged four, both died after a bouncy castle was blown into the air at a local fairground in the Spanish Mislata, located just outside of Valencia.
Emergency services were called to the fairground on the evening of January 4 after witnesses reported watching the inflatable structure become airborne, throwing several children to the ground.
Vera had been playing on the inflatable at the fairground near Valencia when it was lifted several feet into the air.
Cayetana, was also on the inflatable when it was lifted, before she landed on her head when it hit the ground.
She died 12 hours later after she was rushed to La Fe Hospital in Valencia.
It was reported at the time that another girl, aged four, was also seriously injured and had been taken to hospital.
Seven other youngsters were hurt and required hospital treatment although their injuries were mostly described as non-serious.
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Fairground trampoline horror as girl, two, dies after bouncing into electrified fence