Well, another 4th has come and gone. You know what that means. That’s right. Idiots getting themselves killed with fireworks. I was spoiled for choice this time. It was almost impossible to pick just one. The 250th year of the nation meant things were bigger than normal!

I decided to use this one below for our yearly post. Because it happened in one of the most revolting places in the world and because he had the most American sounding name ever.

From the NY Post

A Long Island man lighting a firework was killed when it exploded in his face during a Fourth of July backyard party, according to police.

Gabriel Ruiz-Urresto,( founding stock heritage American, obviously ) 37, ignited the “mortar style” pyrotechnic when it blew up and struck him in the head around 9:30 p.m. Saturday outside his Central Islip home, leaving him dead, the Suffolk County Police Department said. 

Medics rushed to scene, but he could not be saved. I guess ICE’s job just got one person easier.

According to the New York Post, Ruiz-Urresto ignited a “mortar style” pyrotechnic when it blew up in his face. The firework struck him in the face and he died at the scene, police said.

Police described the incident as an accident. An investigation is ongoing. Don’t look down the tube of your mortar fireworks when you are drunkenly setting it off. There ya go, detectives.

KTLA reports a woman was similarly killed in a fireworks explosion on July 4 in California. The Chino Police Department said “a large quantity of fireworks ignited, causing an explosion” that sparked a vehicle fire and injured multiple people.