Man uses his head, loses it while shooting fireworks

[Batman]

A 22-year-old Maine man put a fireworks mortar on his head and set it off.
It didn't end well.
Story is unclear if it blew his head off, burned a hole through his skull, or broke his neck when it launched, but in any event ... he dead.

Staples, 22, of Calais, a small city on the Canadian border, placed a reloadable fireworks mortar tube on his head and told his friends he was going to light it, McCausland said. But his friends urged him to stop.
"Apparently, he thought that was a great idea," McCausland said. "His friends they thought dissuaded him from doing it, and the next thing they knew, he ignited the fireworks and he was killed instantly."
Staples's brother Cody told the Daily News of New York that he was a few feet away when his brother lit the firework and was the first to come to his side after it exploded.
"There was no rushing him to the hospital. There was no Devon left when I got there," said 25-year-old Cody Staples, who called it an accident.
"Devon was not the kind of person who would do something stupid. He was the kind of person who would pretend to do something stupid to make people laugh," he said.

Man Shoots off Firework From Top of His Head, Dies Instantly - ABC News

 

[User 1019]

A little chlorine in the gene pool.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Only topped by this guy ...

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[Baron Scicluna]

Cross them off then.

 

[Riptide]

 

[old_tony]

Cleansing the gene pool one stupid act at a time.

 

[93Devil]

I thought this was about the NY Giants.

 

[Spartan Squad]

"Devon was not the kind of person who would do something stupid. He was the kind of person who would pretend to do something stupid to make people laugh," he said.

There it is, the "he died doing what he loved" quote.

 

[Riptide]

That guy sure was lit.

 

[Vombatus]

No photos?

 

[expendable]

This is how you fix stupid.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Only surprise is that neither incident happened in Florida, though I guess Jason Pierre-Paul made up for that.

 

[Ace]

The jokes here are so easy, even Vombatus could be funny. (I kid, I kid.)

 

[Riptide]

Only surprise is that neither incident happened in Florida, though I guess Jason Pierre-Paul made up for that.

Devon Staples was from Florida.

 

[Steak Snabler]

I thought it took place in Maine.

 

[Riptide]

It did. But there's your Florida connection.