Posted on 02/05/2019 9:33:18 AM PST by BenLurkin
William Brown died after his left internal carotid artery was severed due to trauma from the exploding vape pen he just bought from Smoke & Vape DZ in Keller, a town just north of Fort Worth, his distraught grandmother told WFAA.
“He popped it and it exploded, and that’s when it shot across his mouth,” Alice Brown told the station.
Brown claimed the device’s battery malfunctioned, melting bits of plastic from her car to the vape pen — which launched the charred debris into her grandson’s face and neck, leaving her car soaked in blood. Brown died at John Peter Smith Hospital two days later, she said.
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A guy here lost his lower jaw from one......................
Who would have ever thought that having explosive materials next to your face could be a bad idea?
Another smoking kills thread?
“Brown claimed the device’s battery malfunctioned, melting bits of plastic from her car to the vape pen ——”
I’m confused.
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A store employee who witnessed the incident, meanwhile, told the Dallas Morning News that the vaporizer was not purchased at the location. Authorities told the employee not to discuss details of Brown’s death.
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I wonder if it was some type of modification.
Vaping kills.
He suffered from asthma and was told that a specialized vape pen might help improve his breathing,
Not the "professional" that recommended the vaping.
The article was pretty poorly written, but I gather the vape pen was from the Philippines. So who knows where the unit/parts were sourced and/or mfg'd.
That’s it. vaping must be banned everywhere, and immediately!!! Won’t someone think about the children!?
It's good you could show up to dance on this mans grave!
Wow, gives a new meaning to exploding cigs, up in smoke and VAPEorized.
Huh? I’m confused.
Also, it killed her grandson, which is also a bad thing.
“I’m confused.”
exploding batteries in vape pens have been a problem for years ... i would have thought those problems would have been fixed by now ...
https://www.google.com/search?q=vape+pens+exploding+batteries
Elon Musk has to get into supplying batteries. Untapped market for Tesla (whose cars spontaneously ignite, too)
Someone remind me when the last time that happened with a Camel Cigarette???
Another "vaping helped me quit smoking" success story.
Tiger Tanaka would have been amused.
That’s why you don’t use cheap lithium batteries for anything. Most modes are regulated (meaning the voltage is controlled by a chip) so they are as safe as any other lithium powered device. Better batteries do fail but slowly, they’ll swell, smoke, and heat up first. A cheap one can just blow.
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