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Chicago dad dies from gruesome head injury after huge 4th of July firework explodes in his hand
By Lauren Elkies Schram,
4 hours ago
A Chicago dad was killed by a gruesome head injury from a Fourth of July firework after he went to check out an unexploded 12-inch mortar tube and it went off while he was holding it.
Neighbors reportedly found human remains on their property from the blast, and the Chicago Fire Department had to hose down the garages and roadway in the alleyway where the blast happened, according to the Chicago Sun-Times and to CBS Chicago .
Earl Lory, a 34-year-old father of two with a third child on the way, was setting off fireworks when one — described by neighbors as a “footlong mortar tube” — did not detonate.
Lory “sustained trauma to the body,” the police said. The Sun-Times reports Lory died from head injuries. He was killed on the scene.
The Belmont Gardens alley where Lory set off the fireworks is a hot spot for holiday displays with large explosive devices, neighbors told the Sun-Times.
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