2 Injured in Smoke Grenade EXPLOSION at Hell Survivors.....

Donkey Kong · 2 Injured in Smoke Grenade EXPLOSION at Hell Survivors.....

http://www.dailypressandargus.com...ID=/20080406/NEWS01/80406003/1002

Just heard about this, but thought you all would be interested......

"A 22-year-old Bingham Farms man and a 41-year-old Milan man were injured by flying shrapnel after a large smoke bomb misfired, causing a spray of plastic from the casing, some of which landed more than 100 yards away, police said."

Large = "36" Long and as big around as a coffee can"

Video of the incident - http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews/2008/04/explosion.html

BARKY

holy crap

BigMac

Barky did you watch the vid!

They will be in my prayers - but the media made it sound like it was HS fault!!!!

Squirlly

Wow, Video is useless but still Wow. Well I guess this sport really is dangerous.

-Tim

BigMac

no the sport is fine is played right it is stupid people that give it a bad rep and make us look like a bunch of morons

BARKY

that sucks who ever sold em that smoke is screwed

theJUDGE

maybe not... been studying this kinda stuff and buying something like that usually has assumption of the risk. but that does suck for them.

Vandal

I feel sorry for them. Hopefully they will get well. I'm sure the smoke grenade was pressurized improperly. Well you know how the old saying goes "$hit happens". I remember back in the October of 2007 a young adult died from being shot in the throat. Even other sports have their fatal mishaps.

Sunshine

there are to lessons to be learned here. 1) dont walk towards a smoke bomb. it is called a BOMB for a reason. 2) to avoid being shot in the throat and dying, dont get shot. its simple really. lol

BARKY

how are you at an angle to for someone to get a clean shot on ur throat?

Bingo

From what I have seen and heard on other foms is that was not the typical smoke bomb. I will only use the orange marine smoke that you can get for about 7-8.00 at least with the person I get them from.

Never buy something that looks out of the ordinary is all I can say.

Squirlly

Well they were "testing" it to see if they could use it at the larger games so they must have been leary of the thing.

-Tim

BARKY

on a slightly lighter note at least they wont be on the field during games

Vandal

Donkey Kong

Are you kidding! Dug into the bushes, or running and sliding, you have a very clean shot at someones throat.... trust me, I have been hit there before! One game up in Mich they had to EMS a kid to the hospital who caught one in the adam's apple because his esophagus was swelling up and he couldn't breath, they were about to give him a tracheotomy tube when they left for the hospital. It CAN happen.... why do you think they make throat protectors!

Anyhow, it is possible, and it hurts! Usually a one in a million shot, and nobody every tries to hit someone there, but shots don't always go exactly where you want every time anyhow....

VIPER1

now that sucks. Anytime you are playing with anything that is under pressure there is a chance of that happening. Lets just hope they get better and that this does not bring anymore neg press our way. Our prayers are with them.