Man's Head 'Torn Off' in NYE Firework Incident

[Demovictory9]

Another man died in Germany

https://www.newser.com/story/300748/mans-head-torn-off-in-nye-firework-incident.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_world_login

A man in eastern France was killed when a New Year's Eve firework exploded after he went back to inspect it, reports the AP. The 25-year-old died instantly in the incident in Boofzheim, close to France's eastern border with Germany, the regional government said Friday. AFP reports his "head was torn off" in the incident and cites a local paper that reports after the lit firework did not explode, two men walked toward it to see what was going on. The second man was treated for facial injuries. The regional government had banned fireworks for New Year's Eve and a nighttime curfew was in place to dissuade people from gathering in public during the coronavirus pandemic.


In neighboring Germany, police said a 24-year-old man died after lighting a homemade firework in Rietz-Neuendorf, about 20 miles southeast of Berlin. Police said Friday that explosives experts found several more unused devices in the vicinity. Germany banned the sale of fireworks this year to deter gatherings and cut down on the large number of serious injuries that clog up hospitals every New Year’s Eve. The Guardian adds that another fatality occurred in Italy, where a 13-year-old boy died due to abdominal injuries caused by a firecracker.

[samnsara]

1. good grief....

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Boofzheim? Isn't that where ... NT

[mr_lebowski]

5. Yeah, pretty sure he's from there (nt)

[SergeStorms]

3. I'm a licensed pyro-technician...

and one of the first things you're taught is to NEVER put your head over an undetonated shell in a mortar. Unfortunately some people have to learn the hard way. The second man was lucky he survived.

[Demovictory9]

9. Homemade.fitework seems extra risky

[mr_lebowski]

4. Sorry about the 13 year old, but these other dudes?

Major party fails.

[Calculating]

6. I suppose that's not the worst way to go

About all I can say.

[superpatriotman]

7. The world giving Florida a run for its money

in 2021

[smirkymonkey]

8. Ooof! Harsh way to go.

Fireworks have always kind of scared me. My family plays around with them on July 4th and i stay far away. i wish they wouldn't. The kids love them, but I have never been crazy about them, even as a child. At best, they were mildly visually amusing, but i have always hated the noise.

[Digger]

10. Same with me.

Any loud, sudden noise and I jump straight out of my socks. I avoid all fireworks. Even sudden, loud dog barks freak me out. In my case it is the result of PTSD.

[smirkymonkey]

11. I think it's a pretty normal, human response to be alarmed by loud explosions.

Or any loud sudden noise for that matter. The fact that so many people can tolerate it and even enjoy it kind of makes me wonder.

[Digger]

12. Heh,

Yeah, I wonder too...about many human maladies.

[mvd]

13. It seems many years..

I read about someone getting much of their head blown off by fireworks. It is often not clean off, but there’s not much difference really - quick, ugly deaths.