A veteran police officer is due give evidence as the Coronial Inquest into the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy resumes at the Paranapple Center in Devonport.
Police Constable Dean Wotherspoon led the forensic examination of the scene, where a freak wind lifted a jumping castle into the air, fatally injuring six students in December 2021.
A lack of identification of the victims caused confusion for parents desperately trying to find out information in the wake of the incident.
The court heard yesterday from Tasmanian Health Service executive Paula Hyland who said the priority was saving other children, and staff didn’t want to provide incorrect information.
The mass-causality event which was the most serious seen in the North West in two decades, prompted updates to Identification protocols at the Mersey Community Hospital.
Taz-Zorb operator Rosemary Gamble is expected to give evidence at some point; she was found not guilty of criminal workplace safety breaches.
