Marine Injured in Firecracker Incident
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TWENTYNINE PALMS — A Marine lost fingers when a firecracker blew up in his hand while he was riding to work in a pickup truck.
Sgt. Bobby Souder, 22, of Fort Worth, Texas, was injured Wednesday morning as he was heading to the Twentynine Palms Marine Air Ground Combat Center, said San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Anita Baker.
The firecracker was an M-80, the equivalent of a quarter stick of dynamite.
The Marine was flown to Desert Hospital in Palm Springs with injury to his thumb and three fingers on his right hand.
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