5-year-old killed in tragic Maryland bounce house accident remembered

Delcan Hicks, the 5-year-old boy who was tragically killed when a bounce house was blown into the air at a Maryland baseball game, is being remembered for his bright personality.

Tragic incident

The bounce house was part of a children’s play area at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf, Md., where the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs minor league baseball team was playing when the tragedy happened.

On Aug. 2, numerous children were inside the bounce house when it flew “approximately 15 to 20 feet” into the air following a gust of wind, “causing children to fall before it landed on the playing field”, according to a press release by Charles County Government.

Hicks was airlifted to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Delcan Hicks was a bright light

Delcan attended Blessed Lambs Preschool for three years prior to the “horrible tragedy,” according to Tiffany Goudie, who organized a GoFundMe campaign on behalf of the child’s family.

On GoFundMe, Declan is being remembered as a special person who was “a dinosaur lover, ninja turtle fan and crazy sock-wearing”. A young boy who was “loved so much by his family”.

“He was a very special little boy who brought light and laughter to everyone who had the pleasure of knowing him,” Goudie wrote in the description of the GoFundMe, which has garnered almost $40,000 in donations.

The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, which were hosting the event where Delcan died, canceled their baseball game on Aug. 3, according to the Charles County government’s news release.

The organization is also offering counseling and support to the victims’ families in the wake of the tragedy.