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Fun park closes after boy fractured his skull after falling from a bouncy castle

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13 Jul, 2015 05:05 AM2 mins to read

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Zaybein Wathey receives emergency treatment after falling at Napier's Inflatable World.

Zaybein Wathey receives emergency treatment after falling at Napier's Inflatable World.

A Napier fun park has closed its doors today after a 10-year-old boy fractured his skull after falling from a bouncy castle onto concrete there last week.

Zaybein Wathey was playing on a bouncy castle when he fractured his skull in two places after he fell down a hole onto concrete at the indoor playground at Napier's Inflatable World on Tuesday.

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He suffered a 25-minute seizure and was flown to Starship Hospital, where he has been since the incident.

It was the second casualty at the children's amusement franchise in a week - just three days earlier, an Auckland dad watched in horror as his son was sucked under a giant bouncy castle at the Glenfield Inflatable World.Inflatable World director

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Gary Adamson said management had decided to temporarily close the Napier Inflatable World this morning, because of the July 7 incident.

A senior manager was sent from Auckland to Napier on Wednesday as soon as the company heard about the incident, Mr Adamson said.

"That manager has been on site ever since and then we took the decision to close this morning. He's been interviewing staff and investigating working with WorkSafe," he said.

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Mr Adamson said he could not comment further on the incident while the investigation with WorkSafe was underway.

A WorkSafe spokeswoman said it was still conducting preliminary enquiries to determine whether it will investigate the incident.Zaybein's mother, Haley Wathey, whose family was visiting Napier from Upper Hutt, said she wanted the centre closed until it was improved.

She said the ordeal had been "absolutely devastating".

"He wakes up for two minutes at a time then falls back to sleep," Mrs Wathey said.

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"He's a very active child so it's hard to see him like this.

"She said it was "unbelievable" the accident came within days of the Auckland incident.

During the Auckland incident, Brendon Rambaud was filming his son Deacon, 4, when the child disappeared below the castle.

"I was videoing him and he bounced on to a ball and then came back and went through the lining," Mr Rambaud said.

He posted the video on Facebook as a warning to parents - where it has gained more than 1 million views.

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