3rd Person Dies After Fireworks Explosion »
Posted By Eagle_Eye 4 months ago in NewsOCRACOKE, N.C. -A third worker who had been preparing for an Independence Day celebration died from injuries suffered when a truckload of fireworks exploded on a dock at a remote North Carolina island, authorities said.
In eastern Pennsylvania, an employee of a fireworks company staging a July Fourth celebration was killed by a separate explosion and, elsewhere, about 25 people were injured when a pedestrian bridge collapsed at festivities in northwest Indiana, authorities said.
The North Carolina worker died late Saturday at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, said Hyde County spokeswoman Jamie Tunnell. Two other workers were injured in the blast that shook homes and businesses across the southern end of Ocracoke Island, but their conditions have not been released.
The workers were unloading fireworks from the truck when it blew up, catching the attention of residents and tourists across the village. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were on scene Sunday investigating.
Dock master Robert Raborn noticed the workers unloading the truck Saturday from the Anchorage Marina about 200 yards away and said the explosion as one of the loudest things he has ever heard.
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