NAYTAHWAUSH, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) – A 13-year-old boy died after a fireworks accident on the 4th of July.
The Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office says shortly after 11 p.m., deputies responded to a distress call at a home in Naytahwaush. Witnesses say Michael Turner was holding a large firework and pointing it away from himself while it was lit.
When the firework went off, it shot through the bottom of the tube and hit Turner in the chest.
Deputies say Turner was not breathing and had no pulse. Paramedics tried saving Turner, but he died a short time later.
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