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discocrisco01

(1,666 posts)
Sun Jul 5, 2015, 08:29 PM Jul 2015

Dumb guy lights fireworks on the head and ends up dead

Some people are dunces with fireworks and this example cost this man his life

"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.

This is one of the 10,000 ways to die and note that when you are drunk, you should not be lighting fireworks on your head.

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Dumb guy lights fireworks on the head and ends up dead (Original Post) discocrisco01 Jul 2015 OP
Great party, dude. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2015 #1
Darwin!!! malaise Jul 2015 #3
He had a relative there doing his personal videography pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #4
Wow... deathrind Jul 2015 #2
Ha ha, what great fun. A young man is dead. Snobblevitch Jul 2015 #5
Who could have thunk it? It's such a cool idea to have a percussion wave form on top of your head. NCjack Jul 2015 #6
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