And this was only ONE of the many incidents in BC ....
Teen injured in Halloween fireworks accident
01/11/2006 2:07:26 PM
An 18-year-old boy was in Victoria General Hospital with severe head injuries on Wednesday after an accident involving fireworks on Halloween night.
CBC News
Police believe the teen and some friends were setting off homemade fireworks in suburban Saanich.
Staff Sgt. Terry Parker said officers found the badly injured youth in Marigold Park just after 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
"They located an 18-year-old male who was unconscious and appeared to have suffered head injuries as the result of an explosive device which was made out of, possibly, fireworks."
The youth underwent emergency surgery.
Parker said investigators were interviewing the victim's friends.
Update Novembe 2, 2006:
Teen remains in intensive care
Shrapnel from explosion of homemade pipe bomb strikes victim in head
A Saanich teenager remained in critical condition in the intensive-care unit at Victoria General Hospital yesterday after a homemade copper pipe bomb exploded in his face at Marigold Park on Halloween night.


Teen injured in Halloween fireworks accident
01/11/2006 2:07:26 PM
An 18-year-old boy was in Victoria General Hospital with severe head injuries on Wednesday after an accident involving fireworks on Halloween night.
CBC News
Police believe the teen and some friends were setting off homemade fireworks in suburban Saanich.
Staff Sgt. Terry Parker said officers found the badly injured youth in Marigold Park just after 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
"They located an 18-year-old male who was unconscious and appeared to have suffered head injuries as the result of an explosive device which was made out of, possibly, fireworks."
The youth underwent emergency surgery.
Parker said investigators were interviewing the victim's friends.
Update Novembe 2, 2006:
Teen remains in intensive care
Shrapnel from explosion of homemade pipe bomb strikes victim in head
A Saanich teenager remained in critical condition in the intensive-care unit at Victoria General Hospital yesterday after a homemade copper pipe bomb exploded in his face at Marigold Park on Halloween night.
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