Posted on 06/29/2015 3:45:05 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The horrific accident is a tragic reminder of the consequences of mixing alcohol and fireworks, police said.
A 47-year-old Oakland County man reportedly imitating a stunt hed seen on a YouTube video is dead after the large mortar firework he held to his head exploded, police said.
The horrific event, which occurred about 9:14 p.m. Sunday at a pre-Fourth of July party in the 1500 block of Quinif Drive, is a reminder that alcohol and fireworks dont mix, Walled Lake Police Chief Paul Shakinas told The Oakland Press.
The man, identified as Scott Jeffers, thought the firecracker was unlit when he held it next to his head. The firecracker was the kind that could be dropped into a tube or bottle to light, Shakinas said.
The accident occurred in front of the family of the victim.
As you can imagine, they are devastated by what occurred, Shakinas said, according to The Detroit News. Alcohol was a factor in what happened. We are urging everyone to use caution while using fireworks.
The man died of blunt-force trauma to the head, the Oakland County Medical Examiners Office said.
Shakinas said no citations would be issued in this case, but police will be enforcing fireworks laws in the days leading up to Saturdays Independence Day holiday, according to the Detroit Free Press.
In Michigan, consumer fireworks are legal from 8 a.m.-midnight the day before, the day of and the day after major holidays (with the exception of New Years Day, when the deadline is 1 a.m.). Find out what consumer fireworks are legal in Michigan and what the law says.
Last year, one person was killed and three others were maimed in Fourth of July fireworks accidents in Michigan.
I wish my idiot neighbors would do this. Semi-serious.
I know the pic.
looks to be taken in a medical facility.
towel on table soaking up the ooze.
It sorta haunts me.
We used to toss big firecrackers in 55 gallon steel barrels out in the alleys. People burned their trash/garbage in them.
Maybe they were M-80s but my cousins, brother and I called them ‘ashcans’, prolly because there would be a very satisfactory WHOOMPF! sound when it exploded, a column of smoke from the barrel and an angry home owner chasing us away.
I can see how one might blow a fat kid’s ‘moob’ clean off.
I feel for his family though.
We need to ban this dangerous drug for the good of society.
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