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Strong Winds Blow Bounce House With 9-Year-Old Inside Onto Freeway

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ADELANTO, Calif. (AP/CBS) - Authorities say a child suffered minor injuries after gusty winds blew a bounce house from a California neighborhood onto a nearby highway.

CBS Los Angeles reports a gust of wind took a bounce house with a 9-year-old child inside over a fence and down a freeway Saturday afternoon.

The sheriff's department says the bounce house rolled onto the freeway and struck a vehicle, at which point the child fell out of it.

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The child was taken to a hospital. According to CBS Los Angeles, he could be seen talking to first responders and suffered only minor injuries.

The driver of the vehicle was not injured.

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