Crime & Safety
9-Year-Old Boy Hurt After Setting Off Firework In House: Police
He was taken to the hospital after setting off the firework and injuring himself, police say.
MANORVILLE, NY — A 9-year-old Manorville boy was hurt when he lit off a firework inside his house Friday, police said.
Suffolk County Police Seventh Precinct officers responded to an aided case on Mini Court in Manorville at 10:45 a.m., authorities said.
The boy suffered a non-life threatening injury and was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital; there was no criminality involved, police said.
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