BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 From the Orlando Sentinel. Follow link for article with video... Former Disney 'Gaston' performer suffers fatal head injury in firework accident Devon Staples, 22, of Calais, Maine, died instantly of a fatal head injury when a firework held near his head went off accidentally while he was holding a lighter. By Steven Lemongello A man who was killed in a firework accident in Maine was a former Orlando resident who worked as a performer at Disney World, his brother told the New York Daily News. Devon Staples, 22, of Calais, Maine, died instantly of a fatal head injury when a firework held near his head went off accidentally while he was holding a lighter, his brother Cody Staples said. Staples and his friends had been drinking and setting off fireworks Saturday night in the backyard of a friend's home in the small eastern Maine city of Calais, said Stephen McCausland, a spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety. His death is the first fireworks fatality in Maine since the state legalized fireworks on Jan. 1, 2012, authorities said. Cody Staples told the Daily News the incident was "a freak accident. …. But Devon was not the kind of person who would do something stupid. He was the kind of person who would pretend to do something stupid to make people laugh." Staples said his brother worked at Walt Disney World as a character performer. A Facebook friend, Victoria Whitten McGuire, posted a photo of Staples in costume as the "Beauty and the Beast" character Gaston. Staples was listed as living on Oak Park Way near Lake Frederica for part of 2014, according to public records. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Copyright © 2015, Orlando Sentinel http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-disney-gaston-performer-killed-fireworks-20150705-story.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twiceblessed....nacole 433 Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Yeah... I saw this a couple hours ago, but I think the news blurb I saw said he put the firework on his head (so it could launch from there). Both incredibly stupid and unbelievably sad. His poor family. .. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted July 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Yeah... I saw this a couple hours ago, but I think the news blurb I saw said he put the firework on his head (so it could launch from there). That's how the local news reported it. CALAIS, Maine — A local man was killed instantly Saturday when he set off a fireworks mortar tube on his head, despite efforts his friends made to stop him, state police said Sunday. http://bangordailynews.com/2015/07/05/news/down-east/1-dead-in-bizarre-fireworks-accident-in-calais/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 "You can't fix stupid" (Ron White) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bhall 115 Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Please tell me he hasn't reproduced. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Hate to sound mean, but it sounds like he won The Darwin Award. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ceemike...Mike & Judy 50 Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 I heard/read that he put the mortar tube on his head upside-down. Booze and fireworks, what could go wrong with that mix? Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Millermouseketeers MaryAnn 150 Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 So sad. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 It was a news story that wasn't widely or top shelf reported, until someone dug up the Disney link. Then every news source started running with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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