Man hurt in 'bumfire night' prank

[MrsGoof]

http://www.itv.com/news/britain_ce19...c9a80c923.html

A man is recovering in hospital from serious internal injures after launching a firework from his backside.

The 22-year-old suffered a scorched colon and other injuries in the incident in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

The prank, involving a Black Cat Thunderbolt Rocket, was captured by a gang of youths and the fuzzy mobile phone footage shows a blinding white flash followed by hysterical laughter.

A spokeswoman for the North East Ambulance Service said: "We received a call stating there was a male who had a firework in his bottom and it was bleeding.

"He was attended to and taken to Sunderland Royal Hospital."

Safety experts warned that misusing the explosives in such a senseless way can have serious consequences.

A spokesman for the Firework Association, said he had never heard of an incident like it in 45 years.

He added: "This sort of thing is beyond belief. We have spent a long time working with the Government to create laws that make fireworks safer and better for the public.

"This incident is very concerning but hopefully an isolated one."

[premiere]

Dunno about the firework being called the 'Black Cat Thunderbolt Rocket'

Perhaps they should rename it to 'The Ring Wrecker'

[kramer]

... this does not surprise me.

[Mordac]

Another missed opportunity to clean up the shallow end of the gene pool...

[mmc71]

what an a$$hole!

[Pondlife]

FFS. I hope he gets a hefty bill from the ambulance service.

[hyperD]

He added: "This sort of thing is beyond belief. We have spent a long time working with the Government to create laws that make fireworks safer and better for the public.

There you go - a classic example - ditch the HSE laws, adverts, save a stack load of cash and let mother nature do the rest. It's cheaper and more effective.

The liebour government and regulation != the natural world

[SallyAnne]

Another missed opportunity to clean up the shallow end of the gene pool...

I'm annoyed I let this one slip by

[John Galt]

I'm annoyed I let this one slip by

Why? Mordy's right

[SallyAnne]

Why? Mordy's right

If the "cleaning of the gene pool" referred to those dense enough to stick a rocket (named after their football team) up their arse, then yes I agree.