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Mt. Orab Man airlifted after firework explosion |
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The State Fire Marshal's office is investigating a fireworks accident Friday that may cost a man part or all of both his hands.
Investigators say a 44-year old man was attempting to stuff a firework into a home made mortar launcher on Lorna Drive in Mt Orab.
They are not sure what set the gunpowder off, but the large firework exploded while the man was still trying to put it in the tube.
The man was flown to University Hospital. Investigators have not yet released his name or condition.
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Mt. Orab man killed in ATV crash |
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PIKE TWP. – A Mt. Orab man was killed in an ATV crash Sunday evening in Brown County’s Pike Township. Around 7 p.m., Billy Couch, 43, was driving the ATV west on Old State Road just west of New Harmony Salem Road when he drove off the right side and hit a ditch. Couch was thrown from the ATV and hit a drainage culvert, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. He died at the scene.
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