Fireworks accident claims dead in the Baden district
The men had met with around eight other people on a meadow in the municipality of Klausen-Leopoldsdorf to celebrate New Year’s Eve. They detonated so-called ball bombs. When one of the bombs did not go off immediately, four people approached the fireworks when it exploded.
23-year-old dies in explosion
A 23-year-old from the district was fatally injured in the explosion. A 21-year-old was seriously injured, a 19-year-old and another male were slightly injured, the police, who were alerted around 12:30 a.m., reported in a broadcast.
Investigation after a fireworks accident
After being cared for by rescue workers on site, the injured were taken to the surrounding hospitals. Further surveys on the course of the accident as well as the crime scene work are carried out by a criminal police patrol of the district and the employees of the Alland police station. The pyrotechnic objects were examined on the spot by an explosives expert from the police, the police announced.
Incident with rocket in Tyrol
In Tyrol, too, two incidents involving pyrotechnic objects resulted in serious injuries. In Weerberg, a 19-year-old wanted to ignite a rocket in front of the house. His 59-year-old father is standing right next to him. When the young man tried to ignite the rocket on the fuse, it suddenly exploded. The 19-year-old was seriously injured in both eyes as a result of the explosion. His father suffered a laceration in his left forehead and a hearing loss.
Man injured by batteries in Carinthia
In Achenkirch, a 42-year-old Austrian set off two fireworks batteries. Due to an interruption in the fireworks display, the man went to the battery. Exactly at the moment when he is with his face above the object, more fireworks from this battery detonated and hit him in the face. The man suffered a tear and an injury to his left eye.
Firecracker meets boy in Carinthia
In Carinthia, a 14-year-old boy was hit by a firecracker. An unknown man ignited the firecrackers near the young person when he and his father were watching fireworks outdoors in the Paternion community, Spittal an der Drau district. The boy suffered a hearing loss from the detonation. The unknown man disappeared into an adjoining apartment building. Witness identified him as a 43-year-old renter of the house. Surveys regarding violation of the pyrotechnics law and negligent bodily harm are ongoing, as the Carinthia police reported.
Last in Salzburg
Two men were seriously injured in an explosion in Ebenau (Flachgau) in Salzburg.
(Source: APA)