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Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Fireworks display injures 6
By Hermie B. Tresquio
SIX students, one male and five females, got burned at the culmination night Saturday of Foundation University's Kasadya-an Festival when one of the lighted sky rocket pyrotechnics or kwitis for the fireworks display tilted and shot out toward a crowd of revelers in front of the education building.
Three were rushed to Holy Child Hospital namely, Giles Flores, 18, single of Taft street, Dumaguete City, a student of Negros Oriental State University who received second degree burnes on the body and St. Paul University students Geraldine Castañares, 18, single of Paniabonan, Mabinay and Christina Verganio, 21, single from San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, who got first degree burns.
PO2 Enrique Enriquez, police investigator, said three others John Anthony Tuballa, FU student and April Arabe and Dianne Pajunar both of Saint Paul University were treated for minor burns but were not hospitalized.
Police said the victims were among the crowd that were watching the fireworks display right after the Kasadya-an showdown when the stick holding the lighted kwitis tilted.
Instead of rocketing into the air, the pyrotechnics shot straight into the crowd and burned the six victims.
(December 25, 2005 issue)
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