Legs Blown Off in Backyard Explosion

UPDATE 9.36am: A PAKENHAM man has had both of his legs blown off in a backyard explosion at Cannon's Creek, southeast of Melbourne, last night.

 

Paramedics have described the 24-year-old's injuries as war-like following the incident, which happened about 11pm.

 

Police are investigating whether the explosion was caused by the men mixing chemicals as a prank during a family gathering.

 

Read the full article at:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/two-injured-in-house-exp...

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Permalink Reply by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on August 25, 2011 at 2:37pm
The article blew me away... I was stumped as to why the victim would do such a stupid thing.
Permalink Reply by Moose on August 25, 2011 at 3:00pm
given the explosive nature of the situation I feel we should amputate the jokes from this thread and be more supportive of prosthesus research...

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