Fireworks Gone Wrong: Football player loses fingers in July 4th Berkeley fireworks explosion | KTVU

Published 2024-07-05
Fireworks injured a young man in Berkeley on July 4, costing him as many as four fingers, neighbors told KTVU. Neighbors said he was a football player who graduated high school with a college scholarship.

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All Comments (21)
  • @hzhan014
    This is an example of fuck around and find out situation
  • @3nineteen319
    As the saying goes , play stupid games , win stupid prizes.
  • @PonkyKong
    Don't hold explosives in your hands. Unless you don't want hands.
  • @shipwreck8847
    Kids will be kids. And fireworks will be fireworks.
  • @rashone2879
    Has happened again and again, always kids with illegal fireworks being stupid! Kid won’t be playing football.
  • @d_all_in
    Why would you edit the explosion out of the video? People need to learn from this and they can't even see what happened.
  • @sky173
    Stupidity is growing each year... thanks a lot, parents.
  • @Thadopeera
    I just can’t put my FINGER on why folks can’t be more safe.
  • @JNosewicz7569
    Why don’t people learn? This happens every year. My heart goes out to this young man. I hope he has an uneventful and timely recovery.🙏🙏
  • @TBONE82
    He won’t be throwing up any gang signs…😮😂🤟🏿
  • @RaiderLeo69
    You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes! 🤣🤣🤣👌🏻 never mind the fact that such fireworks are illegal!
  • @jimfesta8981
    Do any cities enforce illegal fireworks laws anymore? In my city last night, it looked and sounded like the battle of Stalingrad in WWII.