Daily Archives: July 29, 2021

Suffolk County boy suffers facial injuries in horrific fireworks accident

New York – A young teenage boy suffered a serious injury when he was suddenly hit in the face by fireworks. ‎Reports show that the boy suffered severe facial injuries during the accident after a set of illegal ‎fireworks were fired in his direction. It is unclear as to where and how the group of teens obtained ‎the dangerous fireworks. However, police are investigating to determine if negligence or neglect ‎played a role in this accident with injuries. Doctors say that the boy was brought to the trauma center ‎at Stony Brook University Hospital on Long Island for emergency care. He was determined to have ‎suffered significant burn injuries as well as other damage from his wounds. Specialists say that such ‎an injury can also cause broken bones, head injury and even traumatic brain injury (TBI). The accident ‎victim was hospitalized due to his injuries but it is unclear whether he suffered a TBI. Residents in ‎the area complain that dangerous amounts of fireworks were fired off and some are outraged that ‎police and parents did not do more to prevent this tragedy. See this article for ‎further details about these fireworks injuries. ‎

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