How often have you heard this? Teens doing silly pranks, but after all was done they say, “Boy we’re lucky nobody got killed!”. Well sometimes it happens:
A 19-year-old girl has died after her brother’s friend threw a lit sparkler into her room as a prank.
Kristen Milano was sleeping in her family’s apartment in Southington, Connecticut on Sunday when **REDACTED**, 18, allegedly tossed the lit firework through an open window.
The sparkler, which **REDACTED** had hoped would wake up his friend, set off a fire that engulfed the apartment. Milano died of smoke inhalation.
Southington police arrested him on Tuesday and charged him with manslaughter.
Obviously this serious incident didn’t have malice behind it, but still the girl is dead. On the “Gun Death” front, note that even in states where pyrotechnics are banned, sparklers generally are considered benign enough to be sold to the public.
Even the least amusing of the pyrotechnics can be dangerous.
H/T Bob
It says right on the label: “Adult Supervision Required”
but some kids never grow up.
Bitching around helps for sure