Four teens have been taken to hospital after being injured when a freak gust of wind flipped over a jumping castle near Geelong on Saturday.
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A girl was airlifted to the Royal Children's Hospital in a serious but stable condition with lower back injuries after being knocked unconscious in the incident at a birthday party at The Grange in Bannockburn.
A boy and a girl were taken by ambulance to Geelong Hospital in a stable condition, the boy suffering arm and leg injuries and the girl with pain in her back.
A fourth boy was taken to hospital by his family with an elbow injury.
Witnesses report the inflatable jumping castle with an attached slide flying 3 or 4 metres into the air around 3.20pm.
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Ambulance Victoria spokesman John Mullen said a number of teens were inside the jumping castle when it took flight.
"It looks like these four were near the top of the slide when they have been flipped out," he said.
The Bureau of Meteorology recorded gusts of nearly 70km/h around Geelong on Saturday afternoon.