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 he’d 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 don’t 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 Examiner’s 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 Saturday’s 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 Year’s 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.
“Dang it...who’s throwing barbecue!?”
Natural selection at work.
More likely a 4” or 6” she’ll commonly launched from a tube. Not a bottle, giant difference.
She’ll = shell, Freaking spell chuck
Looks like we have a Darwin Award Winner here.
And the cumulative IQ ticked up a fraction.
What a stupid thing to do. No doubt that the neurotics who think only professionals should be permitted fireworks (even birthday cake sparklers would be banned) will use this as an example.
As they say, “hold my beer a second”
...frickin spell chuck...
I have problems with my spill chuck too.
I’m guessing he won’t be doing that again.
Beat me!
When we were teenagers, sitting on a park bench one 4th of July, there was another small group of kids setting off fireworks nearby. One of them tried to kill himself.
I was sitting with a large radio on my lap, when a fat kid with no shirt came right in front of us, said he didn’t want to live anymore, lit an m80 and placed it under his left chest (which he could do because he was fat).
I leaned back and held the radio up while my friend Robert did a dropkick on the guy’s chest, he fell back and the firework exploded some feet way from him. Then he stood up, cried out and ran off.
Was one of the most crazy things I ever saw.
the candle isn’t the only thing roaming now
I hate it when that happens
Darwin Award should just be sent overnight
Some years back there was a picture of an idiot who put a lit M-80 firecracker in his mouth.
The photo showed two eyes peering from behind what looked like a face that had glistening red petals radiating out from where his mouth should have been.
Eeriest thing I ever saw and it sure beat any of those zombie pics.
Darwin award!
Thanks for that mental picture,,,
ughhhh!
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