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Source: Associated Press
Autopsy finds Tallmadge D’Elia died from projectile wound to head, in first such case in US
Associated Press in St Petersburg
Thu 17 May 2018 04.51 EDT
A Florida man died when a vape pen exploded, sending fragments into his head and starting a fire that burned most of his body, an autopsy report has said.
The case is the first in the US where a vape pen has been held responsible. The report said Tallmadge D’Elia, 38, of St Petersburg, was killed on 5 May by a “projectile wound of the head” after the explosion sent two pieces of the vape pen into his cranium.
He also suffered burns on about 80% of his body. Firefighters found extensive fire damage in D’Elia’s bedroom, where his body was discovered, but minimal smoke, the report said.
Such accidents are not unheard of: according to a US fire administration report, at least 195 electronic cigarettes exploded or caught fire from 2009 to 2016, causing 133 injuries, 38 of them severe.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/17/vape-pen-explosion-kills-florida-man
Autopsy finds Tallmadge D’Elia died from projectile wound to head, in first such case in US
Associated Press in St Petersburg
Thu 17 May 2018 04.51 EDT
A Florida man died when a vape pen exploded, sending fragments into his head and starting a fire that burned most of his body, an autopsy report has said.
The case is the first in the US where a vape pen has been held responsible. The report said Tallmadge D’Elia, 38, of St Petersburg, was killed on 5 May by a “projectile wound of the head” after the explosion sent two pieces of the vape pen into his cranium.
He also suffered burns on about 80% of his body. Firefighters found extensive fire damage in D’Elia’s bedroom, where his body was discovered, but minimal smoke, the report said.
Such accidents are not unheard of: according to a US fire administration report, at least 195 electronic cigarettes exploded or caught fire from 2009 to 2016, causing 133 injuries, 38 of them severe.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/17/vape-pen-explosion-kills-florida-man
