WAVERLY, IOWA – An Iowa teen died from injuries sustained while lighting off fireworks with his friends over the weekend.
On July 7, 2018 at approximately 11:30 p.m. The Bremer County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fireworks related injury at 1650 190th Street in Rural Waverly. 18 year old Coltin Carolus sustained life threatening injuries while igniting fireworks with friends. He was transported to the Waverly Hospital. A short time later, he was transported to Covenant Hospital where he remained on life support. At approximately 5:30 p.m. Sunday he was taken off life support. His organs were donated.
The Bremer County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Waverly Ambulance Service and Bremer County Dispatch.
Let’s see… our rivers, lakes, & wells are all being polluted by CAFO’s. We should probably do something about that. But, in the meantime, let’s make fireworks legal because people need to have fun, even if it means dying from that fun. This is our Iowa legislature, people.
only a matter of time before it happens here
This young man’s death is on the hands of our Iowa State Government.
We lived all this time WITHOUT legalized fireworks and now this.
Fireworks are dangerous and reek havoc on Veterans with PTSD, domestic animals, and wildlife.
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So sorry for the friends and family of this young man.
As sad as this is we should not be surprised. The surprising thing is that there were not more deaths. Some of the fireworks are very powerful. Equal to 1/4 stick of dynamite.
There were many dangerous situations all over Mason City the nights the fireworks were “legal” to shoot off in town. Some so dangerous that families left the fireworks event at the high school / hy vee parking lots. All because people were firing their toys horizontally across the lot right in the path of children. Council needs to ban immediately.
Completely agree with your comment. They have no respect for the law or anyone else. They are still violating the law and shooting off fireworks. It sound like a war zone. Bottle rockets bouncing off people roofs. Leaving their trash everywhere. Ban the damn things.