Boy given lit firework on 10th birthday as cruel prank explodes in his hand
Updated: 8:58 PM EDT Jul 20, 2019
A 10-year-old boy in California remains hospitalized after an adult neighbor reportedly threw a lit firework to him that exploded in his hand.“He told me, ‘Do you want to have it?’ I said no,” Aaron Carreto told KTLA-TV. “And I knew it was a firework.”Aaron didn’t have time to throw the homemade explosive away July 6, his 10th birthday. The firework’s explosion rocked cars parked nearby, KABC-TV reported.It blew off all of the boy’s fingers on his left hand and burned his face, stomach and other hand, KTLA-TV reported.”He lost his left hand completely,” Adriana Carreto, Aaron’s sister, wrote on a GoFundMe page that has raised more than $33,000 as of Saturday evening. “This incident changed his life, way of living but not his spirits.” Walter Revolorio, 27, has been charged with a felony count of child abuse and possession of a destructive device in a public place, KABC-TV reported.Watch the video above to learn more about this story.
A 10-year-old boy in California remains hospitalized after an adult neighbor reportedly threw a lit firework to him that exploded in his hand.
“He told me, ‘Do you want to have it?’ I said no,” Aaron Carreto told KTLA-TV. “And I knew it was a firework.”
Aaron didn’t have time to throw the homemade explosive away July 6, his 10th birthday. The firework’s explosion rocked cars parked nearby, KABC-TV reported.
It blew off all of the boy’s fingers on his left hand and burned his face, stomach and other hand, KTLA-TV reported.
“He lost his left hand completely,” Adriana Carreto, Aaron’s sister, wrote on a GoFundMe page that has raised more than $33,000 as of Saturday evening. “This incident changed his life, way of living but not his spirits.”
Walter Revolorio, 27, has been charged with a felony count of child abuse and possession of a destructive device in a public place, KABC-TV reported.
Watch the video above to learn more about this story.
