Ohio man dies after being hit in chest with fireworks in front of children
TOLEDO, Ohio — Police say an Ohio man shooting off fireworks in his yard has died after a mortar exploded in his chest.
Witnesses told media outlets in Toledo that several children witnessed the accident Tuesday.
Authorities say 61-year-old Floyd Temple died at the scene.
They say he had been putting on a fireworks display for the neighborhood and that one of the mortars tipped over and hit him in the chest.
Toledo police say they had been called to the neighborhood about someone shooting off fireworks, but firefighters already were there and had pronounced Temple dead when they arrived.
It’s illegal to set off fireworks in Ohio.