Police: 2 injured in separate fireworks-related incidents in Bronx, Brooklyn
Two people were injured in the Bronx and Brooklyn while using fireworks early this morning.
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Jun 17, 2020, 12:08 PM
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Updated 1,648 days ago
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Two people were injured in the Bronx and Brooklyn while using fireworks early this morning.
Police tell News 12 that an 18-year-old in the Bronx suffered a chest injury while operating fireworks on University Avenue around 1 a.m.
The teenager is in stable condition at Columbia Hospital.
Shortly after that incident, a 33-year-old man in Brooklyn injured himself in the same way on Bedford Avenue.
News 12 is told the man was taken to a hospital and is expected to be OK.
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