Eleven people, including four minors, were hurt Sunday night at the Palmyra Borough Fourth of July fireworks display.
The accident happened around 10:37 p.m. and set off a chain reaction of explosions at the Palmyra Middle School campus. Numerous witnesses told News 8 that some of the fireworks shot into and directly over top the crowd.
A News 8 viewer sent video to u local of what happened. One spectator can be heard yelling, "Oh my God!" as the fireworks explode uncontrollably.
"This accident occurred after one of the firework charges misfired, causing an explosion, sending firework material into a nearby crowd located near the games and ride area... This accident also propelled fireworks material across the football field and beyond," a Palmyra Borough Police Department news release stated.
Eleven people suffered burns, contusions and abrasions. Four of them were minors, aged 11, 14, 15 and 17. One of the injured was a fireworks employee. All of the patients were taken to Hershey Medical Center.
Police said none of the injuries appeared to be life threatening. As of 11:30 a.m. Monday all of the injured, except one adult and one minor, had been released from the hospital.
Schaefer Pyrotechnics, of Ronks, Pa., put on the display, which also commemorated Palmyra's 250th anniversary.
Witnesses talked to News 8 about what they saw and heard.
The viewer who sent the video below wrote: "My one friend and her sister were sitting next to one girl who got hit. They said right before it happened they were saying how cool it was to be sitting so close because it seemed like the fireworks were coming down on them... then they literally were."
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