Five residents of mount Vernon will hold independence Day in the hospital, and blame the main festive attribute — fireworks.
Faulty pyrotechnics exploded unexpectedly in the trunk of a car, injuring its passengers. The incident occurred on Monday at about 21:30 when the young people passed through new York state Thruway past the city tuxedo, orange County.
Going to a festive drive in a vehicle the Lincoln Navigator, the young victim’s state of emergency brought with them fireworks, but he, for unknown reasons, caught fire and exploded on the road. Being closest to the trunk, three rear-seat passengers received severe burns. The driver and sideseam next to him the man was more fortunate — they escaped with minor injuries. The age of the victims — about 20 years. They were urgently taken to the medical center of Westchester: doctors assess the condition of two patients as critical.
Currently, police are trying to determine the cause of the incident. According to one version, the cause of the fire was faulty electrical. Anyway, a load to the injury of the incident victims can get problems with law enforcement — the law of the state of new York prohibits local residents to use fireworks without special permission.
