2nd Man in Fireworks Accident Dies of Injuries
From Times Wire Reports
A second man has died of injuries suffered when he and a friend accidentally set off a load of fireworks last month while they were driving.
Antonio Robinson, 27, died at the Melbourne hospital where he had been since the accident that burned him over 40% of his body, police said.
Robinson and Artavis Walker, 23, were lighting fireworks and throwing them out their car’s windows the night of June 28 when a cigarette fell into the back seat and set off the remaining fireworks.
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