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Post by porgyman on Jul 5, 2015 14:56:56 GMT -5
He must be related to the alligator guy...
CALAIS, Maine (AP) — A young man who was drinking and celebrating the Fourth of July tried to launch a firework off the top of his head, fatally injuring himself, authorities said Sunday.
Devon Staples and his friends had been drinking and setting off fireworks Saturday night in the backyard of a friend’s home in the small eastern Maine city of Calais, said Stephen McCausland, a spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety. Staples, 22, of Calais, placed a fireworks mortar tube on his head and set it off, he said.
The firework exploded, killing Staples instantly, McCausland said.
His death is the first fireworks fatality in Maine since the state legalized fireworks on Jan. 1, 2012, authorities said.
Calais is on the Canadian border near New Brunswick.
State fire marshals were also investigating several other Fourth of July fireworks accidents involving injuries in Friendship, Jefferson, Lebanon and Woodstock. They said most of the accidents involved burns and eye injuries. McCausland said further details were expected to be released later Sunday.
In 2011, lawmakers voted to repeal a 1949 law banning fireworks, reasoning the industry would create jobs and generate additional revenue.
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Post by Big L on Jul 5, 2015 15:51:46 GMT -5
Alligators and fireworks don't mix.
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Post by Harrier on Jul 5, 2015 16:00:24 GMT -5
And I thought I struggled with the offseason.
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Post by 32Green on Jul 6, 2015 16:50:23 GMT -5
This is akin to an NFL player holding out for a long term deal, blowing up his hands lighting fireworks.
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Post by BushytheLobster on Jul 6, 2015 17:00:49 GMT -5
Alligators and fireworks don't mix. Sure they do. Also baby ducks.
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Post by The Tax Returns Are in Kenya on Jul 6, 2015 22:13:20 GMT -5
At last, the prison industry has its instant form of execution and no longer will need to torture inmates with non lethal injections for 40 minutes before dying
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Post by Warfish on Jul 6, 2015 23:06:24 GMT -5
Someone who would kill themselves via firework-on-head-whilst-drunk was only ever a matter of time and opportunity.
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Post by jetstream23 on Jul 7, 2015 0:23:30 GMT -5
What color was the victim? What color were the fireworks?
Al Sharpton wants to know.
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Post by quantum on Jul 7, 2015 8:17:44 GMT -5
At last, the prison industry has its instant form of execution and no longer will need to torture inmates with non lethal injections for 40 minutes before dying sure, only if you want to take all the fun out of it. COMMON!
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Post by BEAC0NJET on Jul 7, 2015 9:35:30 GMT -5
Thinning of the herd is sometimes necessary for the survival of the species.
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