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KOSSUTH COUNTY, Iowa (Iowa Media Wire) — A Kossuth County, Iowa man was killed in an incident involving fireworks on Tuesday.
According to a release from the Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office, they were called to a “fireworks accident” in Whittemore shortly after 9 p.m.
Officials said that when they arrived at the scene, they found Patrick Prentice, 33, who was unconscious and had been injured while shooting off fireworks. Officials said Prentice was injured when he was holding a launcher tube while firing off fireworks.
Prentice was pronounced dead at a hospital in Algona.
Whittemore EMS, Kossuth County EMS, Air Med 3, the Kossuth County Medical Examiners Office, and the Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office all responded to the call. The State Medical Examiner in Ankeny is conducting an autopsy.
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