Man holding mortar firework gets projectile launched into side

A man lighting fireworks was hurt when one exploded in his hand in central Minnesota, sending a projectile into his side resulting in a trip to the hospital. Fireworks accident injures man north of Randall The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office says around 1:47 a.m. on July 4 deputies were called to a home three miles north of Randall in Cushing Township. At the scene, authorities learned that Colton Husen, 37, of Breckenridge, Colorado, was lighting a mortar-style firework while holding it in the air when it blew up from the bottom, sending a projectile into his side. He was taken to St. Gabriel’s Hospital by Mayo Clinic Ambulance with injuries that have not been detailed.